The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie, Tom 1Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1999 - 536 These annotated letters present the first personal glimpse of this Scottish playwright as she wrote and lived. It documents her problems with publishers, describes her encounters with Wordsworth, Byron, Southey, Berry and other literary figures, outlines a long relationship with Scott and places an active literary woman in the historical and social setting of early to mid-nineteenth century Britain. |
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... married Dorothea Hunter ( 1721-1806 ) , sister of the famous Hunter physicians of Edinburgh.1 Their first child , James Baillie , died an infant . Their second child was Agnes Baillie ( 1760-1861 ) , the next Matthew Baillie ( 1761-1823 ) ...
... married Dorothea Hunter ( 1721-1806 ) , sister of the famous Hunter physicians of Edinburgh.1 Their first child , James Baillie , died an infant . Their second child was Agnes Baillie ( 1760-1861 ) , the next Matthew Baillie ( 1761-1823 ) ...
Strona 16
... marry Capt . Robert Milligan , a mere soldier , is evident in Joanna's letter to Scott in July of that year : I know ... married ; and tho ' she has chosen a very worthy young man , whose family we have long known & highly respect , yet ...
... marry Capt . Robert Milligan , a mere soldier , is evident in Joanna's letter to Scott in July of that year : I know ... married ; and tho ' she has chosen a very worthy young man , whose family we have long known & highly respect , yet ...
Strona 17
... marriage ( at least is intended to do so ) which I think you will rather be pleased with ; a most unlooked for thing I am sure to me . I am going abroad with the new married pair and my Nephew William to spend some weeks & see part of ...
... marriage ( at least is intended to do so ) which I think you will rather be pleased with ; a most unlooked for thing I am sure to me . I am going abroad with the new married pair and my Nephew William to spend some weeks & see part of ...
Strona 31
... married George Baillie , son of the executed Robert , in 1692 , and helped manage his and her father's estates . Her works include Orpheus Caledonius or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs set to Music by W. Thomson ( 1726 ) and The ...
... married George Baillie , son of the executed Robert , in 1692 , and helped manage his and her father's estates . Her works include Orpheus Caledonius or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs set to Music by W. Thomson ( 1726 ) and The ...
Strona 32
... married Rochemont Barbauld , also a Nonconformist cleric , who took over a congregation in Plasgrave , Suffolk , where ALB took charge of a school for young boys . The Barbaulds traveled in Europe for a while and settled in Hampstead ...
... married Rochemont Barbauld , also a Nonconformist cleric , who took over a congregation in Plasgrave , Suffolk , where ALB took charge of a school for young boys . The Barbaulds traveled in Europe for a while and settled in Hampstead ...
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To George Thomson 18041842 | 91 |
To Mary Berry 18041833? | 152 |
To William Sotheby 18041831 | 176 |
To Sir Walter Scott 18081829 | 228 |
To Anne Elliott 18091833 | 445 |
To Sir Thomas Lawrence 18121829 | 483 |
To Lady Davy 18131850? | 494 |
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Abbotsford address or postmark admired affectionately Agnes Anne appeared Baillie's believe Berry Brother character cheerful collection copy Covent Garden daughter dear Friend dear Lady Davy dear Sir death Drury Lane Edin Edinburgh Elizabeth Fanny Kemble favour Fugitive Verses George Thomson give glad Glasgow Grosvenor Hampstead happy hear Henrietta honour hope Hunter James Joanna Baillie John Kemble kindly Lady Byron letter literary Lockhart London Longman look Lord Lord Byron Margaret married Matthew Baillie mentioned Milligan mind Miss Monfort neighbour obliged play pleased pleasure Poems poet poetry Pray present published received regards Richardson Royal Scotland sent Siddons Sir Walter Scott Sister song soon Sotheby's suppose tell thank Theatre thing Thomas thro Town Tragedy truly University of Glasgow verses vols volume William Sotheby Wordsworth write written wrote young
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