Evidence: | [Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 15 October 1763:]
'It is more from the testimony of others than from any recollection of my own, that I had formed the idea that Erasmus was in some parts of his works a very indecent writer [...] It is I believe more than thirty years since I read his dialogues, and then only those which were pointed out to me.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Elizabeth Carter |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1717 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Desiderius Erasmus |
Title: | 'Dialogues' |
Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28247 | |
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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: | 3 | |
Page: | 73-74 | |
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), 3, p. 73-74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28247, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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