| Evidence: | Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 February 1751:
'I have a [...] curiosity to find out the author of a book Mrs Underdown has lately been reading to me, with which we are both greatly charmed. The title is "Directions for the Employment of Time" [...] Have you seen Stanzas in a Country Church-yard? and do not you greatly admire them?' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1751 and 14 Feb 1751 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Deal county: Kent |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Mrs Underdown |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elizabeth Carter |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Directions for the Employment of Time |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28035 | |
| 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: | 5 | |
| 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. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28035, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
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