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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, 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...Mrs Donnelon 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:] '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[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755:] 'I am obliged to you for the account of the new books, not one of which have reached Deal, except some novels, wh...Elizabeth Carter Plato RepublicPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755:] 'I am obliged to you for the account of the new books, not one of which have reached Deal, except some novels, wh...Elizabeth Carter [novels]Print: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755:] 'I am obliged to you for the account of the new books, not one of which have reached Deal, except some novels, wh...Elizabeth Carter Henry FieldingMiscellaniesPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1755:] 'How do you like Mr Johnson's Dictionary? I have only seen part of the Preface, which was like himself. I have ju...Elizabeth Carter Samuel JohnsonPreface to DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1755:] 'How do you like Mr Johnson's Dictionary? I have only seen part of the Preface, which was like himself. I have ju...Elizabeth Carter Deane SwiftEssay on the Life, &c. of Dr SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799[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...Catherine Talbot and familySamuel JohnsonDictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 13 April 1756:] 'I have been running about sadly since I wrote to you last, once at Oxford, twice at Richmond with Lady Grey, wh...anon Thomas NewtonDissertations on the Prophecies, Which Have Remark...Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 13 April 1756:] 'Have you seen the reflections, maxims, and characters moral and satirical? Amusing, I think, and not bad; writ ...Catherine Talbot Fulke GrevilleReflections, maxims, and characters, moral, critic...Print: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 3 May 1756:] 'I had read an extract from that book which you say is writ by Mr Greville, and concluded it must be a translation ...Elizabeth Carter Fulke GrevilleReflections, maxims, and characters, moral, critic...Unknown
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[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 26 May 1756:] 'I have not seen Sir Thomas Browne's Christian Morals, but your recommendation of it [in letter of 7 May 1756] wil...Elizabeth Carter Thomas BrowneReligio MediciPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 29 July 1757:] 'My mother's passion is feeding chickens, in this too I share with her, and we study the various characters of th...Catherine Talbot Sarah FieldingThe Lives of Cleopatra and OctaviaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [1758] following stay in London with Carter:] 'I have looked in Dodsley, to see if any events had happened between your leaving t...Catherine Talbot Robert DodsleyThe Ladies' Memorandum BookPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [1758]:] '"Henrietta" has been useful to us here, but there are many things in it that I dislike, and that tally with my opinion ...Catherine Talbot and familyCharlotte LennoxHenriettaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 16 June 1758:] 'Since I came home I have picked up [reading] at Mrs Gambieu's the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, in a vile and most...Elizabeth Carter Françoise Langlois de MottevilleMemoirs for the History of Anne of AustriaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 15 August 1758, following Talbot's stepfather's appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury, and his household's change of residence:] ...Catherine Talbot Ben Jonson Print: Book


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