Record Number: 3034
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
What matters it to me if Young was an ambitious man or not? He wrote what I feel; and tho' not his wishes, his words would often have been mine, if heaven had endowed me withsuch giant-powers of speech. Were ever lines more beautiful than the first five of the first night? Shakespeare might have written them. What a description of night! Less beautiful than Milton's so celebrated descrip- -tion of evening (book 4), but moresublime? [quotes from 'Night One'and 'Night two']... I wished I had marked all, or half, my favourite passages- they would shew you a mind fond of deep thought- a haughty spirit unyielding to the storms of time and circumstance - a heart when lulled in Friendship's lap. perhaps as warmly gentle as your own.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:10 Jul 1824
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:3 Apr 1791
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:inherited land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Complaint: Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3034
Source:M Green
Editor:n/a
Title:A Spirited Yorkshirewoman
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1939
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Page:193
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
M Green, A Spirited Yorkshirewoman, (1939), p. 193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3034, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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