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Record Number: 29530


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'What is become of Moschus? You sported some of his sublimities, I see, in your Watchman. Very decent things.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

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:

Charles Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

10 Feb 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Robert Lovell

Title:

The Watchman

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

The Watchman, no. 5.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

29530

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Lamb

Editor:

Edward Lucas

Title:

The Letters of Charles Lamb: to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

1

Page:

8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Lamb, Edward Lucas (ed.), The Letters of Charles Lamb: to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb, (London, 1935), 1, p. 8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29530, accessed: 05 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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