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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Record Number: 29099


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And here I may add, that from the time I came from school, I read little, save religious books; and after I appeared in ministry, until late in life, reading even then was much taken from me, except the scriptures: all of which I believe was in divine wisdom, that I might not minister from what I had gathered from religious writings; but might receive the arguments I was enabled to advance on behalf of the truth, by the immediate revelation of the Holy Spirit.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1748 and 1794

Country:

England and elsewhere on travels abroad

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Catherine Payton Phillips

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Mar 1727

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Quaker minister

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England and elsewhere on travels abroad

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Bible, Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

29099

Source:

Print

Author:

Catherine Phillips

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips: to which are added some of her epistles

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1797

Vol:

n/a

Page:

19

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Catherine Phillips, Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips: to which are added some of her epistles, (London, 1797), p. 19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29099, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Catherine Payton (married name Phillips) became a minister in 1748 aged 22, from when she dates the change in her reading habits.

   
   
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