Record Number: 12542
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I should have told you, in the first place, that the Eastern manners give us a great light into many Scripture passages, that appear odd to us, their phrases being commonly what we should call Scripture language.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 1 Apr 1717
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:26 May 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
nee Lady Mary Pierrepoint. Known by this name until her 1712 marriage to Edward Wortley Montagu.
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12542
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:119
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to Alexander Pope. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent.
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 (London, 1906), p. 119, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12542, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter written whilst Wortley Montagu was in Adrianople.
