| Evidence: | [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 just been reading Mr Swift's account of the Dean, a book at which I am greatly scandalized. I do not remember ever to have met with so open and shameful a vindication of that species of idolatry which is the absolute ruin of all virtue, the worship of the world.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1755 and 13 Jun 1755 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Deal county: Kent |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Carter |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Deane Swift |
| Title: | Essay on the Life, &c. of Dr Swift |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1755 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28137 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | 209 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| 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. 209, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28137, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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