| Evidence: | '[Lord Lyttleton] presented me with the works of Miss Aikin (now Mrs Barbauld). I read them with rapture; I thought them the most beautiful Poems I had ever seen, and considered the woman who could invent such poetry, as the most to be envied of human creatures.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1773 and 31 Dec 1776 | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Robinson |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Nov 1758 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Lawyer's wife |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Anna Laetitia Aikin |
| Title: | Poems |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1773 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 27838 | |
| 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: | 54-55 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson (London, 1994), p. 54-55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27838, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Lyttleton, described by Robinson as 'perhaps the most accomplished libertine that any age or country has produced,' was a friend of her husband's, who was attempting to seduce her. |
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