| 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: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Chelsea | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Meribah Lorrington |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Boarding-school governess |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mary Darby |
| Title: | poems |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27837 | |
| 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=27837, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Robinson has previously told in her memoir of her intimate friendship with her governess Meribah Lorrington, also explaining that 'love was the theme' of her poems. |
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