| Evidence: | [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 1 September 1762:]
'Yesterday evening we were entertained by one of the noblest storms I ever enjoyed, and truly this was not enjoyed without some mixture of terror. My mother sat with me till past one, and I tried to amuse away her fears as suitably as I could by reading her some of the noblest passages in Dr Young. By that hour we were both, even in spite of [italics] him [end italics], somewhat sleepy, and there was an interval of lightning (I mean an interval of darkness) that made the hall just passable.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 31 Aug 1762 and 1 Sep 1762 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Lambeth | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1721 |
| 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) |
[Mrs] Secker (reader's mother). |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Young |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Other religious, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28233 | |
| 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: | 3 | |
| Page: | 18 | |
| 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), 3, p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28233, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Mrs Secker wife to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Secker. |
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