Record Number: 22587
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[a young man] Mr Allen - resolved to take Orders and made proper Application: The Bishop asked him of course what he had read. why but little replied he to be sure, for says he I had not absolutely determined on my profession till lately, but an Opportunity happening &c. well Sir cries the Bishop what [italics] have [end italics] you read? why my Lord returns the Youth, I have read Mr Soame Jennings's Book, that I have - [italics] quite through [end italics].'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 30 Jun 1777
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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:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil
Genre:Other religious, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:22587
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:96
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22587, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
The joke is that, according to Mrs Thrale, this book 'is not an Hour's reading at the most'.