| Evidence: | 'she was reading Leigh Hunt's "Rimini", and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni - evidently because it was to her as a portrait of another difficult husband: "He kept no reckoning with his sweets and sours / He'd hold a sullen countenance for hours, / And then if pleased to cheer himself a space, / Look for immediate rapture in your face..."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1815 and 31 Oct 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 17 May 1792 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Leigh Hunt |
| Title: | Rimini |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9301 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Ethel Colburn Mayne | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 193 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron (London, 1969), p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9301, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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