Record Number: 5375

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... an irritated reader of Jonathan Edwards's Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity (1797) provides an epigraph from Milton on the title page, right after the author's name: 'So spoke the Fiend, and with Necessity, / -- excused his dev'lish deeds.'"

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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Time

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Place:

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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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jonathan Edwards

Title:

Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1797

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5375

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5375, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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