Evidence: | [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 from some French author, and I can scarcely forbear wishing my notion had been right. I believe there might be some good things in it, but, Genius of Britain, forbid that any such frippery kind of writing should grow into fashion amongst us!' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1756 and 13 Apr 1756 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Fulke Greville |
Title: | Reflections, maxims, and characters, moral, critical, and satirical [extract] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28141 | |
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: | 230 | |
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. 230, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28141, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
See p.227 in source for Talbot's mention of this text in letter to Carter of 13 April 1756. |
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