William Wordsworth

Other celebrities she met as a girl and described in her diary included society hostess Lady Cork and writers Joanna Baillie , William Wordsworth , and Samuel Rogers . The...

She was dazzled by him at their first meeting, and became his mentor. She was one of the eminent names to whom in 1801 he and Wordsworth sent a complementry copy of the epoch-making second...

MS claimed that William Wordsworth was her friend.

She wrote comments in letters about famous men, finding Thomas Campbella pretty little, delicate finical gentleman who would look well in feminine dress and occupations, and William Wordsworth a venerable old man, delightfully...

She was too shy to move in literary circles, though she did meet several writers who called on her, including Sarah Austin and Sir Charles Trevelyan . With each of them she felt uncomfortable, as...

An evening at Thomas Monkhouse 's London home brought together Wordsworth , Coleridge , Charles Lamb , Thomas Moore , and Samuel Rogers . Mary Lamb , also present, is unmentioned in Charles's account.

A week later, calling her an amiable lady, he claimed (falsely) that she saw Richardson as the equal of Shakespeare . In January 1812 he shocked Henry Crabb Robinson (who thought this behaviour personally...

He was acquainted with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth . His relationship with the latter was often troubled because Wordsworth disapproved of his opium use and his relationship with Margaret Simpson.

It seems that the Wordsworth family (William , Mary , and Dorothy ) were more troubled about the marriage than about the sexual relation that preceded it. De Quincey evidently forgave Dorothy Wordsworth (who...

Holford seems to have cared about making influential friends, and succeeded in doing so although she lived in the provinces. She established a correspondence with Sir Walter Scott , and although their relationship got off...

On the last day of their expedition, ES visited William Wordsworth and his family at Rydal Mount. ES found the visit awkward, though she appreciated Wordsworth's kindness.

ML 's friends (many of them made through Charles) included Eliza Fenwick (whose husband and Charles drank together), Henry Crabb Robinson , and many more canonical members of the Romantic movement. Charles was close to...

Because her husband , like her father , was well-connected, MCH was introduced to a number of significant literary and social figures. She had vivid memories of meeting Henry Hallam , Samuel Rogers , and...

While staying near the village of Ambleside in the Lake District, EG met William Wordsworth and received his autograph.

During MJJ 's visit to Rydal Mount, she rode ponies through the nearby mountains while listening to Wordsworth recite poetry. Sometimes during these excursions, she received freshly picked nosegays from the celebrated poet. Later...