Record Number: 28138
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 24 February 1756:] 'We have looked in Johnson [i.e. his Dictionary] for [italics] Athlete [end italics], no such word there, nor any thing of the kind but Athletic, with explanations every body knows.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1756 and 24 Feb 1756
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Dictionary
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28138
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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:215
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. 215, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28138, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
On 22 December 1755, Carter had written to Talbot: 'Be so good as to remind my lord [Talbot's stepfather Thomas Secker, then Bishop of Oxford] of looking for Athlete in Johnson' (see pp.212-213 in source).
