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Mary Robinson (poet), the Glossary

Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757 – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure.^[1]

39 relations: Adelphi, London, American Revolutionary War, Articled clerk, As You Like It, Banastre Tarleton, Brecknockshire, Bristol, Captain (naval), Coleridge's notebooks, David Garrick, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Englefield Green, George Dance the Younger, George IV, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Hannah More, Little Chelsea, London, Maria Elizabeth Robinson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Natural Daughter with Portraits of the Leadenhead Family, Paula Byrne, Perdita (The Winter's Tale), Prince of Wales, Rheumatic fever, Richard & Judy, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sappho, Streptococcus, Surrey, Talgarth, The Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Thomas Gainsborough, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth.
18th-century British dramatists and playwrights
Actresses from Bristol
English courtesans
Mistresses of George IV

Adelphi, London

Adelphi (from the Greek ἀδελφοί adelphoi, meaning "brothers") is a district of the City of Westminster in London.

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The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Articled clerk

Articled clerk is a title used in Commonwealth countries for one who is studying to be an accountant or a lawyer.

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As You Like It

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623.

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Banastre Tarleton

Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet (21 August 175415 January 1833) was a British general and politician.

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Brecknockshire

Until 1974, Brecknockshire (Brycheiniog or Sir Frycheiniog), also formerly known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was an administrative county in the south of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.

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Coleridge's notebooks

Coleridge's notebooks, of which seventy-two have survived, contain a huge assortment of memoranda set down by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge from 1794 until shortly before his death in 1834.

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David Garrick

David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.

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Emma, Lady Hamilton

Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 176515 January 1815), known upon moving to London as Emma Hart, and upon marriage as Lady Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. Mary Robinson (poet) and Emma, Lady Hamilton are 18th-century English actresses and English courtesans.

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Englefield Green

Englefield Green is a large village in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, approximately west of central London.

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George Dance the Younger

George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor as well as a portraitist.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer;; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Mary Robinson (poet) and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire are 1757 births, 18th-century English novelists and English women novelists.

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Hannah More

Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer, philanthropist, poet, and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, who wrote on moral and religious subjects. Mary Robinson (poet) and Hannah More are English women dramatists and playwrights.

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Little Chelsea

Little Chelsea was a hamlet, located on either side of Fulham Road, half a mile Southwest of Chelsea, London.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Maria Elizabeth Robinson

Maria Elizabeth Robinson (c. 1775 – c. 1818) was an author and editor.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Mary Robinson (poet) and Mary Wollstonecraft are 18th-century British women writers, 18th-century English novelists, English feminists and English women novelists.

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Natural Daughter with Portraits of the Leadenhead Family

The Natural Daughter with Portraits of the Leadenhead Family is a novel by the English poet, dramatist and novelist Mary Robinson, published in 1799 by T. N. Longman and O. Rees in Paternoster Row in London.

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Paula Byrne

Paula Jayne Byrne, Lady Bate (born 2 August 1967), is a British biographer, novelist, and literary critic.

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Perdita (The Winter's Tale)

Perdita is one of the heroines of William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru,; Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the English, and later British, throne.

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Rheumatic fever

Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain.

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Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy (also known as Richard & Judy's New Position) was a British television chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. Mary Robinson (poet) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan are 18th-century British dramatists and playwrights.

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Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven

Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, PC (17 October 1756 – 8 July 1779), styled Lord Robert Bertie until 1758 and Marquess of Lindsey between 1758 and 1778, was a British peer.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. Mary Robinson (poet) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are 18th-century English poets and writers of the Romantic era.

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Sappho

Sappho (Σαπφώ Sapphṓ; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.

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Streptococcus

Streptococcus is a genus of gram-positive or spherical bacteria that belongs to the family Streptococcaceae, within the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria), in the phylum Bacillota.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Talgarth

Talgarth is a market town, community and electoral ward in southern Powys, Mid Wales, about north of Crickhowell, north-east of Brecon and south-east of Builth Wells.

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The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Mary Robinson (poet) and William Shakespeare are Sonneteers.

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Mary Robinson (poet) and William Wordsworth are 18th-century English poets and Sonneteers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Robinson_(poet)

Also known as Mary Darby, Mary Darby Robinson.

Mary Robinson (poet), the Glossary

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See also

18th-century British dramatists and playwrights

Actresses from Bristol

English courtesans

Mistresses of George IV

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