Record Number: 28083
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 19 August 1754: 'I was much pleased the other day in reading a system of moral philosophy, to find that the moral frame was not perfect without a due degree of fear, and of all sorts of passions. 'Tis a posthumous work of Mr Fordyce, and all together an excellent little book.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Aug 1754 and 19 Aug 1754
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cuddesdon
county: Oxfordshire
(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:21 May 1721
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Elements of Moral Philosophy
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication DetailsPresumably the just-released posthumously published edition of 1754.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28083
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:2
Page:180
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 2, p. 180, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28083, accessed: 18 July 2024
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