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Mary Wordsworth
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'Mary has been reading to us (I stopped writing to hear it) the account of the death of Mr. Pitt - happy for him that he had died at this time!'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Newspaper
Anna Maria Porter : Recluse of Norway, The
Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'Mary is deep in the 2nd volume of the "Recluse of Norway" by Miss Porter - there is a wonderful cleverness in this book, and notwithstanding the badness of the style the 1st vol is very interesting. I began the 2nd last night but could do no more than skim it.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Book
Christopher Wordsworth : sermons
Dorothy Wordsworth to Priscilla Wordsworth, 27 February 1815: 'The day before yesterday Miss Alne dined with us, and from her we learned that Chris[topher Wordsworth]'s sermons were just arrived at Brathay, so William walked to B. with Miss A. and borrowed one volume - It is the second. William and Mary have read several of the sermons and are very much delighted with them ... '
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Book
Richard Allestree : Ladies Calling, The
'On 2 May 1812 M[ary] W[ordsworth] wrote to her husband from Hindwell: "I have read the 'Ladies calling' - one of thy books - which pleased me much ... "
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Book
Willam Blake : [lyrics]
'W[ordsworth] and M[ary] W[ordsworth] copied four Blake lyrics from Malkin's volume into the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... some time between mid-March and 10 June 1807.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Book
Geoffrey Chaucer : Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, 11 January 1803: 'Mary read the Prologue to Chaucer's tales to me in the morning.'