Butler, Lady Eleanor et al. “Foreword and Editorial Materials”. The Hamwood Papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton, edited by Eva Mary Bell, Macmillan, p. vii - viii; various pages.
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Sarah Ponsonby
Standard Name: Ponsonby, Sarah
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Butler | Sarah Ponsonby bequeathed the journals to Caroline Hamilton
, and Harriet Pigott
therefore supposed that they were written by Ponsonby
. |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Butler | LEB
and Sarah Ponsonby
wrote some of their voluminous correspondence jointly. Writing was one of their major pleasures; they selected paper with loving care, and kept an equally careful tally of replies received and of... |
| Textual Production | Ann, Lady Fanshawe | Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the ladies of Llangollen, meticulously transcribed the whole of ALF
's Memoirs (dating from May 1676) as a present for a friend. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin. 62 |
| Textual Production | Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale | She told her sister
that noe body but your selfe could have obtain'd [this] from me, for whom my obligations has imposed me a law of never refusing any that lys in my power. You... |
| Textual Production | Anna Seward | The sonnets numbered a hundred; she had been long in the habit of reading them aloud, and friends like Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
urged her pressingly to publish them. Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press. 226 |
| Textual Production | Henrietta Maria Bowdler | HMB
's letters to Sarah Ponsonby
reveal the closeness of their friendship. She sent information, opinion, and verse, some of it probably written by herself. Among books she discussed were Ann Radcliffe
's The Mysteries... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eva Mary Bell | EMB
's foreword and her comment on her material is brief. She makes skilful use of letters and diaries, not only those of this famous pair but of their friends and supporters Mrs Lucy Goddard |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Colette | Colette imagines the Ladies of Llangollen (Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, born during the eighteenth century) living among twentieth-century accoutrements like cars, cigarettes, and crossword puzzles. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin. 206 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Matilda Betham | Here already MMB
evinces her interest in women's literary history: her topics include praise for writers including Ann Radcliffe
and the Ladies of Llangollen (Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
). One of the... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis | Her Souvenirs de Felicie L*** originated several fictional elements in the legend of Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the Ladies of Llangollen. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin. 198 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | E. Owens Blackburne | EOB
's preface also singles out what she claims to be an original account of the true Blackburne, E. Owens. Illustrious Irishwomen. Tinsley Brothers. I: viii |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Judith Kazantzis | It includes poems reflecting her experience of winters spent at Key West, Florida, USA, and a tribute to the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
). |
| Travel | Mary Brunton | On this occasion they went to the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Brighton (the consummation of deformity). Brunton, Mary. Emmeline. Manners and Miller; John Murray. 139 |
| Travel | Sarah Harriet Burney | A high point in this job was a tour in late autumn 1805, from her employers' country seat (Delamere Lodge, near Northwich, Cheshire) through Wales. A high point in the tour was... |
| Travel | Anne Lister | AL
visited Plas Newydd at Llangollen in Wales, hoping to meet Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
. Lister, Anne. I Know My Own Heart. Editor Whitbread, Helena, New York University Press. 194-7 |
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