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Record 28138

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 24 February 1756:] 'We have looked in Johnson [i.e. his Dictionary] for [italics] Athlete [end italics], no such word there, nor any thing of the kind but Athletic, with explanations every body knows.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1756 and 24 Feb 1756
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Samuel Johnson
Title: Dictionary
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28138  
Source - Print  
  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: 215
  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. 215, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28138, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

On 22 December 1755, Carter had written to Talbot: 'Be so good as to remind my lord [Talbot's stepfather Thomas Secker, then Bishop of Oxford] of looking for Athlete in Johnson' (see pp.212-213 in source).

 

 

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