| Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 29 January 1753:
'I like the Adventurers; we all like them exceedingly [...] They do not abound in hard words, they are varied with a thousand amusing stories, they touch with humour the daily follies and peculiarities of the times.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 17 Dec 1752 and 29 Jan 1753 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | Catherine Talbot and family |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Adventurer |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | 1752-53 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28070 | |
| 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: | 109 | |
| 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. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28070, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
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