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  • Published: 1 Jun 1999
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781851965144
  • Set ISBN: 9781851965144

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Catherine Talbot & Hester Chapone


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    Front Matter
  • Catherine Talbot (1721–70)
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      Introduction By Rhoda Zuk
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      Bibliography: Catherine Talbot By Rhoda Zuk
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      Chronology By Rhoda Zuk
    • Athenian Letters By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Letter XCV—Cleander to Orsames
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        Letter CLI—Smerdis to Cleander
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        Letter CLXXVI—Sappho to Cleander
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        Letter CLXXVII—Sappho to Cleander
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      Essay: By “Sunday” By Catherine Talbot
    • Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Sunday
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        Monday
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        Tuesday
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        Wednesday
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        Thursday
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        Friday
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        Saturday
    • Essays By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Essay I
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        Essay III
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        Essay V
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        Essay VIII
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        Essay XI
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        Essay XIV
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        Essay XVIII
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        Essay XIX
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        Essay XX
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        Essay XXII
    • Dialogues By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Dialogue I
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        Dialogue II
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        Dialogue V
    • Pastorals By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Pastoral III
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      A Fairy Tale By Catherine Talbot
    • Imitations of Ossian By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        I
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        II
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        III
    • Allegories By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Allegory II
    • Selected Poems By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        On Reading the Love Elegies, 1742.
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        Stanzas
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        To the Memory of Mrs. Secker, who died in the Spring of the Year 1748
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        Song—
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        Song
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        Sonnet In ye Manner of Petrarch—
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        Another
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        La Disperata
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        An irregular Stanza—
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        Song—
    • Selected Letters By Catherine Talbot
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        Introductory Note
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        Letter to Jemima Campbell
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        Letter to Har Cousin, Miss—Talbot
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        Selections From Journal Addressed to Julia Berkeley
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        Letter to Mary Robinson
  • Hester Mulso Chapone (1727–1801)
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      Introduction By Rhoda Zuk
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      Bibliography: Hester Chapone By Rhoda Zuk
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      Chronology By Rhoda Zuk
    • Letters on Filial Obedience By Hester Mulso Chapone
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        Introductory Note
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        Letters on Filial Obedience
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        Letter II: November 10, 1750
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        Letter III: January 3, 1751
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      A Matrimonial Creed By Hester Mulso Chapone
    • Letters on the Improvement of the Mind By Hester Mulso Chapone
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        Introductory Note
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        Letter I: On the First Principles of Religion
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        Letter II: On the Study of the holy Scriptures
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        Letter III: On the Study of the holy Scriptures
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        Letter IV: On the Regulation of the Heart and Affections
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        Letter V: On the Regulation of the Heart and Affections
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        Letter VI: On the Government of the Temper
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        Letter VII: On Economy
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        Letter VIII: On Politeness and Accomplishments
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        Letter IX: On Geography and Chronology
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        Letter X: On the Manner and Course of reading History
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      A Letter to a New-Married Lady By Hester Mulso Chapone
    • Selected Poems By Hester Mulso Chapone
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        Introductory Note
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        To Peace: Written during the late Rebellion, 1745
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        Occasioned by reading Sonnets written in the Stile and Manner of Spenser, by T. Edwards, Esq; 1749
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        To Health
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        An irregular Ode to Mrs. Eliz. Carter
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        On Reading Sonnets by Mrs. Charlotte Smith, and by the Reverend Mr. Bowles
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    Back Matter