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Record Number: 7390


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'What I thus learned was, I think, much enforced by the perusal of that well-known little book, Watt's "Divine and Moral Songs", which I read with so much interest as to impress them indelibly upon the memory.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1800 and 31 Dec 1809

Country:

England

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:

Thomas Carter

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

5 Jul 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Son of soldier

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Isaac Watts

Title:

Divine and Moral Songs

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

7390

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carter

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of a Working Man

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1845

Vol:

n/a

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man, (London, 1845), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7390, accessed: 05 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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