The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie, Volume 1Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1999 - 536 pages 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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... glad his task is done , Low chuckling turns himself upon the roost , Then nestles down again into his place . ( The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie [ London : Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans , 1851 ) , 772 ) 24. WI ...
... glad his task is done , Low chuckling turns himself upon the roost , Then nestles down again into his place . ( The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie [ London : Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans , 1851 ) , 772 ) 24. WI ...
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... glad to see you at my house . " To this letter son William added : " There is swelling of the left foot and hand , and at times considerable confusion of intellect . The pulse is seldom under 100 , frequently more .... The foregoing ...
... glad to see you at my house . " To this letter son William added : " There is swelling of the left foot and hand , and at times considerable confusion of intellect . The pulse is seldom under 100 , frequently more .... The foregoing ...
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... glad that the weather is not so oppressively hot to day as it was yesterday for her sake . -- Give my kind love & congratulations to your Mother ; she has got a nice little Grandson without waiting very long for him , and she will have ...
... glad that the weather is not so oppressively hot to day as it was yesterday for her sake . -- Give my kind love & congratulations to your Mother ; she has got a nice little Grandson without waiting very long for him , and she will have ...
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... glad to see him again , for it is a long time since we had that pleasure . Believe me , my dear Miss Hunter with many thanks for your friendly letter , your sincerely obliged friend J Baillie 31. Queen Victoria -- see note 21 above ...
... glad to see him again , for it is a long time since we had that pleasure . Believe me , my dear Miss Hunter with many thanks for your friendly letter , your sincerely obliged friend J Baillie 31. Queen Victoria -- see note 21 above ...
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... glad to become the Schoolmaster of the Parish under his friend . His son & my Father's Father was educated for the Church , but an early marriage & some other difficulties disappointed that ( that ) intention , and he became the ...
... glad to become the Schoolmaster of the Parish under his friend . His son & my Father's Father was educated for the Church , but an early marriage & some other difficulties disappointed that ( that ) intention , and he became the ...
Contents
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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 |
Index Volume 1 | 528 |
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