| Evidence: | [Letter to Sarah Maclean, dated Monday 21 June 1824] Your being so fond of Cowper tells me half of your character- How passing sweet were solitude with such an one! "Well born- apart from vulgar minds- the polish of the manners clear" '[quotation from lines 728-733 of'Retirement' by Cowper]. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Jun 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Lister |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 3 Apr 1791 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824] |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | William Cowper |
| Title: | Retirement |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3030 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | M Green | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Spirited Yorkshirewoman | |
| Place of Publication: | n/a | |
| Date of Publication: | 1939 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 193 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | M Green, A Spirited Yorkshirewoman (1939), p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3030, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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