Evidence: | [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 July 1767:]
'We are deep (for our after supper book) in Lord Lyttleton [i.e. his History of Henry II]. For my own amusement I am glad he digresses so much; but does he not digress too much for a biographer? I am much entertained with the History of the Crusades, though indeed it is terrible. If you ever meet with the History of Nourjahad it will interest and amuse you [...] the only shocking part is when he grows what the author meant for very pious, and aspires after the beatific vision of that rascal Mahomet.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1767 and 9 Jul 1767 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Lambeth | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Writer and family |
Religion: | Church of England |
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: | George Lyttelton |
Title: | History of the Life of Henry II |
Genre: | History, Biography, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28268 | |
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: | 3 | |
Page: | 153 | |
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. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28268, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Talbot lived in the household of her stepfather, Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury. |
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