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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 January 1760:] 'For want of other nonsense books, I am reading an Italian translation of Euripides. -- A pretty good one, I f...Catherine Talbot Euripides The Phoenician WomenPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 January 1760:] 'For want of other nonsense books, I am reading an Italian translation of Euripides. -- A pretty good one, I f...Catherine Talbot Euripides MedeaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 January 1760:] 'For want of other nonsense books, I am reading an Italian translation of Euripides. -- A pretty good one, I f...Catherine Talbot Euripides OrestesPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 January 1760:] 'For want of other nonsense books, I am reading an Italian translation of Euripides. -- A pretty good one, I f...Catherine Talbot Euripides HecubaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 May 1768:] 'This day I finish Pharamond: is Mrs Sutton still in town, that I may return it to her? if not, when you write, pr...Catherine Talbot Gautier de Costes de la CalprenèdePharamond; or the History of FrancePrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 May 1768:] 'This day I finish Pharamond: is Mrs Sutton still in town, that I may return it to her? if not, when you write, pr...Catherine Talbot Rene Aubert de VertotHistoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de...Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 6 January 1760, following illness:] 'Now I am well [...] as my mornings are engaged by exercise, I am glad enough in the evening...Catherine Talbot Epictetus OdePrint: Book
1700-1799[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 she...Miss Highmore Elizabeth Carter'To a Lady fond of Life'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[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 she...Sir George Lyttleton Elizabeth Carter'To a Lady Fond of Life'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[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 she...Mrs Donnelon Elizabeth Carter'To a Lady Fond of Life'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'There is a whole shoal of new books. The Centaur, well worth reading I think; Theron and Aspasia, too grave, ...Catherine Talbot Man: A Paper for Ennobling the SpeciesPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 May 1756:] 'Has Mr Johnson sent you his new edition of Sir Thomas Browne's Christian Morals? 'Tis a collection of the noblest ...Catherine Talbot Thomas BrowneChristian MoralsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 8 May 1760:] 'To-day I have been reading with due wrath and abomination "Le Philosophe Sans Souci." Some lines in that wickedest...Catherine Talbot King Frederick of PrussiaOeuvres du philosophe de Sans-SouciPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 July 1767:] 'We are deep (for our after supper book) in Lord Lyttleton [i.e. his History of Henry II]. For my own amusement I ...Catherine Talbot and familyGeorge LytteltonHistory of the Life of Henry IIPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 June 1761:] 'Did you ever chance to see Orinda's Letters? They are rather stiff, but seem to have an air of genuineness -- and...Catherine Talbot Katherine PhillipsLetters (as 'Orinda')Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 June 1761:] 'My dear Mr Hanway has published two volumes at last, which you saw, and only told me you had seen them, but for w...Catherine Talbot Jonas Hanway'two volumes'Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 June 1761:] 'My dear Mr Hanway has published two volumes at last, which you saw, and only told me you had seen them, but for w...Elizabeth Carter Jonas Hanway'two volumes'Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, during convalescence from illness, 1 January 1759:] 'I have run over a heap of most ridiculous French books, and think with real...Catherine Talbot 'ridiculous French books'Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, during stay in Canterbury, 12 February 1764:] 'I brought with me Hurd's Dialogues on Education, which have entertained his Grace...Thomas Secker Richard HurdDialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel Considered...Print: Unknown
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, during stay in Canterbury, 12 February 1764:] 'I brought with me Hurd's Dialogues on Education, which have entertained his Grace...Catherine Talbot Edward KimberMaria; The genuine memoirs of an admired lady of r...Print: Book


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