Evidence: | Quotes Milton throughout work:V.1 pp 25,75,90,101,169,190; V.2 pp118,206; V.3 p.87. Ex. Letter XI To Miss Reid, Glasgow, Fort William, May 17 1773 V.1 p.90 'If Fort Augustus be such a place, I will certainly become a votary of the ?Pensive nun, devout and pure,/ Sober, stedfast [sic], and demure? whom we used to admire so much. Expect to see me when we meet ?With sable stole of cypress lawn/ O?er my decent shoulders drawn."'
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 Dec 1800 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1755 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author |
Religion: | Church of Scotland |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Milton |
Title: | [Works] |
Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 13644 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Anne Grant | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1807 | |
Vol: | Vols 1-3 | |
Page: | Various | |
Additional comments: | Works quoted include: Il Pensoroso; Paradise Lost; Comus |
Citation: | Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), Vols 1-3, p. Various, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13644, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Date range given is birth to date of last letter with a Milton quotation. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)