Record Number: 5063

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'One unfortunate who had confounded together the opening paragraphs of the Evidences and the Natural Theology... [wrote as his exam answer] only this commencement of a sentence, 'If twelve men find a watch."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1842 and 31 Dec 1845

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student at Cambridge University

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

William Paley

Title:

Natural Theology

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5063

Source:

Print

Author:

C. A. Bristed

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Five Years in an English university

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1852

Vol:

n/a

Page:

183-184

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

C. A. Bristed, Five Years in an English university, (New York, 1852), p. 183-184, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5063, accessed: 10 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None