Record Number: 28126
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'Did not you permit Miss Highmore to give [Mrs Donnelon] a copy of your poem "To a Lady fond of Life?" She shewed it lately to Sir George Lyttleton, who thought and spoke of it as he ought, and earnestly begged for a copy. This she was too honourable to grant. The Bishop of Oxford says she was [italics]too[end italics] scrupulous.'
Century:1700-1799
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Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'To a Lady Fond of Life'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:28126
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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:199-200
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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. 199-200, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28126, accessed: 22 November 2024
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