Record Number: 4205
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Norwich
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:Female
Date of Birth:12 Nov 1769
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a physician
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Grounds of Holy Life
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1828
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Lent by Dr Ash
Source Information:
Record ID:4205
Source: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:
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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: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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