| Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 15 July 1751:
'I am fallen in love with Plutarch's Morals, a little of which my lord reads us now and then out of a very so so translation. They seem to me the most amiable, the most lively, and the least dry of any moral book, but 'tis indeed very little I have heard of them. I am deep in the Memoires [sic] of the Duc de Sully, and exceedingly entertained by them. I make him my companion with pleasure, as he seems to have an honest, brave, and worthy heart [...] I am reading many other books, but will not trouble you with my thoughts of them till I have read them through.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 1751 and 15 Jul 1751 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cuddesdon county: Oxfordshire |
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| Reader: | Thomas Secker |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1693 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Dean of St Paul's |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Catherine Talbot (reader's stepdaughter), and other family members. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Plutarch |
| Title: | Morals |
| Genre: | Classics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In [?English] translation |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28043 | |
| 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: | 40-41 | |
| 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. 40-41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28043, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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