Record Number: 5467
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Blake, on margin of his copy of Johann Lavater, Aphorisms: "'I hop no one will call what I have written cavilling ... For I write from the warmth of my heart, & cannot resist the impulse I fell to rectify what I think false in a book I love so much, & aprove so generally.'"
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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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
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Illustrator
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aphorisms
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5467
Source:H. J. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:82
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 82, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5467, accessed: 14 October 2024
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