Evidence: | '[At boarding school in Chelsea] I applied rigidly to study, and acquired a taste for books, which has never, from that time, deserted me. Mrs [Meribah] Lorrington frequently read to me after school hours, and I to her: I sometimes indulged my fancy in writing verses, or composing rebuses; and my governess never failed to applaud the juvenile compositions I presented to her.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1766 and 31 Dec 1771 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Chelsea | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Darby |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 27 Nov 1758 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Boarding-school pupil |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Meribah Lorrington |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27835 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | M. J. Levy | |
Title: | Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 29-30 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson (London, 1994), p. 29-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27835, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Robinson has previously told in her memoir of her intimate friendship with her governess Meribah Lorrington. |
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