Record Number: 5470

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson discusses annotations by John Horne Tooke in his copy of Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777; gift from the author), in which Priestley addressed as "'you'" and mocking marginal notes added as interjections to arguments.

Century:

1700-1799

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:

John Horne Tooke

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

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Religion:

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Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Priestley

Title:

Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5470

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:

83

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5470, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

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