Monthly Archives: March 2012

Who was Harriet Knatchbull?

Posted on 16/03/2012 by

In an earlier post I put the question who Harriet Knatchbull was, the little girl, or so it seemed to me, who had been given a copy by Lowth himself of his grammar. This grammar is now in Chawton House … Continue reading →

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Gilbert Sorsby his book

Posted on 07/03/2012 by

The frontispiece of Susan Whyman‘s The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800 (OUP 2009), contains an image from the notebook of Gilbert Sorsby Jr with the words: Gilbert Sorsby/ His Book: 1763. Sorsby is identified as a Devonshire farmer, but … Continue reading →

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