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See also:CARTER, See also:ELIZABETH (1717-1806) , See also:English poet and translator, daughter of the Rev. See also:Nicholas Carter; was See also:born at See also:Deal, in See also:Kent, on the 16th of See also:December 1717. Dr Carter educated his See also:children, boys and girls, alike; but Elizabeth's slowness tired his See also:patience, and it was only by See also:great perseverance that she conquered her natural incapacity for learping. She studied See also:late at See also:night and See also:early in the See also:morning, taking See also:snuff and chewing See also:green See also:tea to keep herself awake; thus causing severe injury to her See also:health. She learned See also:Greek and Latin, and Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson said concerning a celebrated See also:scholar that he " understood Greek better than any one whom he had ever known except Elizabeth Carter." She learned also See also:Hebrew, See also:French, See also:German, See also:Italian, See also:Spanish, Portuguese, and lastly some Arabic. She4 13
studied See also:astronomy, See also:ancient See also:geography, and ancient and See also:modern See also:history. See also:Edward See also:Cave was a friend of Dr Carter, and in 1734 some of Elizabeth's verses, signed " Eliza," appeared in the See also:Gentleman's See also:Magazine, to which she contributed for many years. In 1738 Cave published her Poems upon Particular Occasions; in 1739 she translated from the French an attack on See also:Pope's See also:Essay on See also:Man by J. P. de See also:Crousaz; and in the same See also:year appeared her See also:translation from the Italian of See also:Algarotti's Newtonianisma per le See also:Dame, under the See also:title of See also:Sir See also:Isaac See also:Newton's See also:Philosophy explained for the use of the Ladies, in six Dialogues on See also:Light and See also:Colour. Her translation of See also:Epictetus (1758) was undertaken in 1749 to please her See also:friends, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Seeker (after-wards See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury) and his niece, See also:Catherine See also:Talbot, to whom the translation was sent, See also:sheet by sheet, as it was done. In 1762 See also:Miss Carter printed a second collection of Poems on Several Occasions. Her letters to Miss Talbot contain an See also:account of a tour on the See also:continent undertaken in 1763 in See also:company with Edward and Elizabeth See also:Montagu and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Pulteney, 1st See also:earl of See also:Bath. Dr Carter, from 1762 to his See also:death in 1774, lived with his daughter in a See also:house at Deal, which she had See also:purchased. An See also:annuity was settled on her by Sir William Pulteney and his wife, who had inherited See also:Lord Bath's See also:fortune; and she had another annuity from Mrs Montagu. Among Miss Carter's friends and correspondents were See also:Samuel Johnson, See also:Bishop See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, See also:Richard See also:Savage, See also:Horace See also:Walpole, Samuel See also:Richardson, See also:Edmund See also:Burke, Hannah More, and Elizabeth Vesey, who was a See also:leader of See also:literary society. She died in Clarges See also:Street, Piccadilly, on the 19th of See also:February 1806.
Her See also:Memoirs were published in 1807; her See also:correspondence with Miss Talbot and Mrs Vesey in 1809; and her letters to Mrs Montagu in 1817. See also A Woman of Wit and See also:Wisdom (1906), a See also:biography by Alice C. C. See also:Gaussen.
End of Article: CARTER, ELIZABETH (1717-1806)
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