Record Number: 7499
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'While walking to Hampstead, I strayed into a copse not far from my road, where I seated myself upon the trunk of a tree, and read, with no small pleasure, several of the papers contained in that highly entertaining book, "Sturm's Reflections on the Works of God". As I read these, surrounded by many of the objects upon which they so pleasingly descant, I was enabled to look "through nature up to nature's God"; to hold, as it were, converse with that glorious and beneficient Being, and to recognise Him as a father and a friend.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 1810 and 31 12 1810
Country:England
Timeafternoon: Sunday afternoon
Place:city: London, near Hampstead
other location: under a tree, by the side of the road
(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:5 Jul 1792
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journeyman tailor
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: Title:Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providence
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsThe first English translation appeared in Edinburgh in 1788.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7499
Source:Thomas Carter
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of a Working Man
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1845
Vol:n/a
Page:128-9
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man, (London, 1845), p. 128-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7499, accessed: 13 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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