| Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752]:
'I never answered you about the authoress of certain Miscellanies. Is it possible you could really admire them? Is it the cleanliness or delicacy of Holt Waters, or the Letter to a Physician, that delights you? The Letters appear to me in a forced style -- in the very "false gallop" of wit! [comments further]' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1752 and 31 Jul 1752 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Mary Jones |
| Title: | Miscellanies in Prose and Verse |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1750 edition |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28067 | |
| 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 Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 86-87 | |
| 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 Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 86-87, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28067, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Author of text identified by source ed., who also comments: 'In the poem alluded to there is certainly more humour than delicacy' (p.86n). The author of the "Miscellanies" was the Oxford-born poet Mary Jones (1707-1778). |
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