Record Number: 28088
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 11 January 1755: 'It is very long since I read Lord Shaftesbury, and I only remember that I was in general charmed with his imagination and language, but thought him a very bad reasoner, and was greatly offended at his levity.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1717
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:Characterisks of Men, Manners, Times, Opinions.
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28088
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:192
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. 192, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28088, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
On 26 November 1754, Talbot had written asking Carter whether she had read Shaftesbury, also criticising him for 'offensive levity'; see pp.186-87 in source.
