Evidence: | 'As long as your last [letter] was, I read it over thrice in less then an hower, though to say truth I skipt some on't the last time, I could not read my owne confession soe offten. Love is a Terrible word, and I should blush to death if any thing but a letter accused mee on't . . .' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Sep 1653 and 30 Sep 1653 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Bedfordshire specific address: Chicksands Priory |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Dorothy Osborne |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1627 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Anglican |
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: | William Temple |
Title: | [letter] |
Genre: | private letter |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 12278 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Dorothy Osborne | |
Editor: | Kenneth Parker | |
Title: | Letters to Sir William Temple | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 124 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple (London, 1987), p. 124, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12278, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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