Record Number: 33859

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry. November 30th, 1831: "We read passages from Gregory’s apologetic, — comparing his marks with mien, in different copies, — & came to the conclusion, that our testes certainly do agree!! And so they do".

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Nov 1831

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gregory of Nazianzus

Title:

Apologeticus

Genre:

Other religious, Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33859

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

Title:

Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Place of Publication:

Athens, OH

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

Diary entry. November 30th, 1831

Citation:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33859, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Editors' note: - There are two marginal notes in WG dated 30 November; one on p. 3 refers to a passage of 50 lines, the other on p. 6, 23 lines. In a long note at the commencement of this Oration, EBB said that the passage on p. 3 “has great dignity & harmony”; and that the second passage contained” a series of similes in the Homeric manner: (how novel & beautiful Gregory’s similes usually are!). BOOK DETAILS: A1091] Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778. § Inscribed by HSB on fly-leaf: H. S. Boyd. May 26th. 1804. Boyd’s later autograph also appears, above which is written: This Book to be given to my very dear Friend Elizabeth Barrett Barrett. § Browning Collections, lot 717, purchased by Tregaskis. [ABL]