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    "title": "The Works of the Late Miss Catharine Talbot, an Editorial Volume Associated with Elizabeth Carter",
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    "date": "Talbot’s texts composed before 1770; Carter’s edition in 1770",
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    "learning": "Distinguish Talbot’s texts, biographical testimony, and editorial work, then understand how an authorial reputation is constructed in posthumous publication.",
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        "communication": "Newspapers, books, pamphlets, salons, and post move ideas at a new speed measured in days or weeks.",
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            "text": "doors above, while he was still but at the bottom. He cried for vexation : gave hard names to the boys that got before him, and was laughed at by them in return. The box of pictures gave him no comfort, for there he saw his father frowning and his mother looking unhappy. At this minute, friendly Henry came to his relief, and giving him the violets, the phial, and the staff, make use of these, said he, and you will easily get up with them, who are now before you* Observe, that they have, everv one of them, just such a staff, and that, notwithstanding tbeir wings, they can rise but one step at a time. George, who had now touched his lips with the phial,\" thanked him very kindly, and they mounted several steps, hand in hand. On some were inscribed, Propria quce Maribus : on others As in Prcesenti, and various other magic verses, which, they just rested long enough on every step to read, and as they ascended, the steps grew easier and easier. George however was a little out of breath, and more than once wished him- A a 2 self out of the Castle. Yet he was de lighted to find himself almost overtaking the foremost, who had, some of them loitered by the way",
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            "text": "du haut, tandis qu'il était encore tout en bas. Il pleura de dépit, donna des noms injurieux aux garçons qui le devançaient, et ceux-ci lui rirent au nez en retour. La boîte d'images ne lui apporta aucun réconfort, car il y vit son père froncer les sourcils et sa mère paraître malheureuse. À cet instant, l'amical Henry vint à son secours et lui donna les violettes, le flacon et le bâton. Servez-vous-en, dit-il, et vous monterez aisément avec ceux qui vous précèdent maintenant. Remarquez qu'ils ont tous un bâton exactement semblable et que, malgré leurs ailes, ils ne peuvent s'élever que d'une marche à la fois. George, qui avait alors touché ses lèvres avec le contenu du flacon, le remercia très aimablement, et ils gravirent plusieurs marches la main dans la main. Sur certaines étaient inscrites les formules Propria quæ Maribus ; sur d'autres, As in Præsenti, ainsi que divers autres vers magiques. Ils ne s'arrêtaient sur chaque marche que le temps nécessaire pour les lire et, à mesure qu'ils montaient, les marches devenaient de plus en plus faciles. George était toutefois un peu essoufflé et souhaita plus d'une fois se trouver hors du Château. Pourtant, il fut ravi de se voir presque à la hauteur des premiers, dont certains avaient flâné en chemin.",
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