Evidence: | 'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the Dissertations are less entangled with controversial points, and contain useful truths - coming warm from the heart they find the direct road to it; but the sermons require more profound thinking, are not calculated to improve the generality' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Mar | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 27 Apr 1759 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | governess then writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Richard Price |
Title: | Sermons on the Christian Doctrine, as Received by the Different Denominations of Christians |
Genre: | Sermon, Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7030 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft | |
Editor: | Ralph M. Wardle | |
Title: | Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft | |
Place of Publication: | New York | |
Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 170 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7030, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to George Blood, Jan 1788 |
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