Record Number: 4205

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

7/1/1827 ? ?Read about eighty pages of a book lent to me by Dr Ash, called ?The grounds of a Holy life?. Believe the author to be a friend in principle, if not in profession. Read Paul?s fine address to Agrippa to the servants; hope they understood it; it explains the nature of grace, and clearly.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Norwich

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:

Amelia Opie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Nov 1769

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a physician

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Presbiterian/ Quaker 1825 onwards

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hugh Twyford

Title:

The Grounds of Holy Life

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1828

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
Lent by Dr Ash

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4205

Source:

Print

Author:

Cecilia Lily Brightell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie

Place of Publication:

Norwich

Date of Publication:

1854

Vol:

n/a

Page:

202

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cecilia Lily Brightell, Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie, (Norwich, 1854), p. 202, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4205, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None