INDEX

• ABINGTON, MRS., 80
• Aix-la-Chapelle, Mrs. Robinson's visit to, 197
• Albanesi, Signor and Signora, 119
• Annuity granted to Mrs. Robinson, x, 190
• Arrest of Mr. Robinson, 112
• Atkins, Mrs.–see Walpole, Miss
• Ayscough, Captain, vii, 67

• BADDELEY, Mrs., 65
• Balack, Mr., 48
• Bannister, Mr., 155
• Bath, Mr. Robinson's arrest at, 145
• Belgeioso, Count, 70
• Bell, John, 215
• Bertin, Mdlle., 194
• Blue Stocking Club, 215
• Brereton, George, 144;
  • Major, 144 ;
  • William, 70, 125
• Brighthelmstone, Mrs. Robinson at, 208
• Bristol, 1, 53, 137;
  • Earl of, 13
• Burke, Edmund, 189, 212;
  • Richard, 209

• CALAIS, Mrs. Robinson at, 223
• Carpenter, Lady Almeria, 65
• Chandler, Dr., 240
• Chatham, Lord, 13
• Chub, J., 6
• Cibber, Mrs., 37
• Clergyman's rude behaviour, 229
• Colman, Mr., 138
• Cox, Samuel, 34, 39
• Craven, Lady, 133, 176
• Cumberland, Duke of, 132

• DAMAS, Count, 198
• Darby,Captain, 12, 16, 28, 200;
  • Mrs., 26, 107, 141, 151, 226
• Death of Captain Darby, 200;
  • of Mrs. Robinson, 240
• De Lauzun, Duke, 192
• Della Crusca, 215, 243
• Derby, Countess of–see Farren, Elizabeth
• Derby, Earl of, 154
• De Simianne, Duke, 198
• Devonshire, Duchess of, 115
• Dorset, Duke of, 182
• Du Châtelet, Baroness, 198;
  • Duke and Duchess, 198

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• EDWARDS Mary, 60
• Elliot, Sir John, 189
• Elliott, Mrs. Grace Dalrymple, x, 7O
• Erskine, Lady, 19

• FARREN, Elizabeth, 139, 154
• First appearance, Mrs. Robinson's, 129
• Fisher, Dr., 152
• Fitzgerald, G. R., 71, 73, 82, 108, 113
• Florizel, 159
• Ford, Mr., 156
• Fox, Charles James, x, 154, 190

• GARRICK, David, 32, 49, 127, 130
• George, Prince of Wales, sees Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, viii, 156;
  • writes to Mrs. Robinson, 159;
  • sends his portrait, 163;
  • lavish expenditure on his mistress, ix;
  • gives her a bond for £20,000, 179;
  • forsakes her, 188;
  • revisits her, xv, 208
• Gibraltar, Siege of, 200
• Gifford, William, 243
• Greig, Admiral, 202

• HANWAY, Mr., 107
• Harris, Mr., 55, 59, 88, 99, 143
• Hartley, Mrs., 155
• Haunted Beach, 214
• Henderson, Mr., 155
• Hervey, Mrs., 31
• Hilsborough, Earl of, 13
• Hobart, Mr., 120
• Hopkins, Miss Priscilla, 11, 154
• Hounslow, night adventure at, 181
• Hull, Mr., 22;
  • Mr. Thomas, 32
• Hussey, Mr., 31

• IRISH Widow, 176

• JONES, Mrs., 98, 102
• Jordan, Mrs., xiv, 226
• Juliet, Mrs. Robinson as, viii, 128

• KEMBLE, Mrs. John–see Hopkins, Miss
• Kew, interviews at, 172
• King, John, 57;
  • Mr., 135

• LA Belle Anglaise, 192
• Lacey, Mr., 133
• Lade, Sir John, 152
• Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Robinson as, 141
• Lake, Colonel, 157
• Lambert, Sir John, 191
• Laura, and Laura Maria, 215
• Legge, Hon. Mr. 157
• Letter to a noble debtor, 234
• Lines to him who will understand them, 209
• Linley, Thomas, 138
• Lorrington, Mrs., 21, 27
• Lyrical Tales, 234
• Lyttelton, Lord, 67, 74, 113, 124

• MACDERMOTT, 3
• Mad Jemmy, 218
• Malden, Viscount, 156, 158, 182, 187
• Marie Antoinette, 193

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• Massacres of September 1792, 224
• Mattocks, Mrs., 152
• Melmoth, Mrs., 133
• Merry, Robert, 214
• Meynell, Mr., 182
• Molyneux, Sir F., 70
• Monmouth, Mrs. Robinson at, 102
• Moody, John, 176
• More, Hannah, 10;
  • the Misses, 10
• Morgan, John and Charles, 94
• Morning Post, Mrs. Robinson's contributions to, 230
• Murphy, Arthur, 32

• NEGRO, a faithful, 89
• Newspaper abuse, 177
• Noble debtor, Mrs. Robinson's letter to, 234
• Nobody, Mrs. Robinson's farce of, xiv, 224
• Northington, Earl of (Lord Chancellor), 13
• Northington, Earl of, 30, 66, 113

• O'BYRNE, Captain, 70
• Ode to Spring, 231
• Orleans, Duke of, 192
• Osnaburg, Bishop of–see York, Duke of

• PALLISER, Sir Hugh, 13
• Pantheon, visits to, 64, 70
• Paris, Mrs. Robinson's visit to, 191
• Parry, Mrs. 71
• Pembroke, Earl of, 121
• Perdita, Mrs. Robinson as, viii, 155
• Pindar, Peter, elegy by, 245
• Poem on the death of Captain Darby, 202
• Poems by Mrs. Robinson, 202, 209, 220, 231
• Pope, Dr. 240;
  • Miss, 135
• Powel, Mr., 11;
  • Mrs., 152
• Prince of Wales–see George

• QUEEN of France, 193

• RANELAGH, Mrs Robinson's visits to, 63, 109, 111, 177
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 189
• Robinson, Miss, 58, 100, 143, 223
• Robinson, Mr., 87, 100, 112, 123, 142, 145, 152, 166, 186, 224
• Robinson, Mrs. Mary,
  • birth place and ancestry, 1;
  • personal appearance, vii;
  • family characteristics, 7;
  • recollections of childhood, 8;
  • musical tastes, 10;
  • education under Misses More, 10;
  • her father goes to America, 14;
  • home indulgences, 15;
  • domestic troubles, 17;
  • departure for London, 20;
  • at school in Chelsea, 21;
  • an inebriate schoolmistress, 22, 27;
  • an early proposal, 24;
  • Mrs. Leigh's seminary, 25;
  • becomes a teacher, 26;
  • introduction to Garrick, 32;
  • visit to Drury Lane Theatre, 34;
  • a dishonourable suitor, 35;
  • introduction to Mr. Robinson, [Page 250]  39;
  • a private marriage, 46;
  • a country tour, 52;
  • return to London, 63;
  • visits to Ranelagh, Pantheon, and Vauxhall, 63, 70, 83, 109, 111, 124, 177;
  • meets Lord Northington, 30, 66, 113;
  • a libertine lord, 75;
  • interview with a rival, 77;
  • domestic troubles, 81;
  • a party at Vauxhall, 83;
  • financial entanglements, 87;
  • a faithful negro, 89;
  • removal to Finchley, 89;
  • revisits Tregunter, 92, 143;
  • goes to Trevecca, 95;
  • birth of a daughter, 97;
  • insulted by Mr. Harris, 99;
  • stay at Monmouth, 102;
  • her infant's illness, 104;
  • publishes her poems, 107;
  • return to London, 107;
  • Mr. Robinson arrested, 112;
  • life in a debtors' prison, 113;
  • maternal happiness, 114;
  • patronized by the Duchess of Devonshire, 116;
  • her husband's infidelity, 75, 81, 118;
  • his liberation from prison, 123;
  • interview with Sheridan, 126;
  • début at Drury Lane, 128;
  • parts sustained in first season, 131;
  • benefit, 135;
  • birth and death of her infant, 135;
  • visit to Bristol, 137;
  • offers of new engagements, 138;
  • professional rivalry, 139;
  • list of dramatic characters, 140;
  • solicited by George Brereton, 144;
  • her husband arrested, 145;
  • return to London, 150;
  • proposals from men of rank, 151;
  • theatrical successes, 152;
  • appears as Perdita, 155 ;
  • noticed by the Prince, 157;
  • visit of Lord Malden, 158;
  • letter from the Prince, 159;
  • goes to the Oratorio, 161;
  • receives the Prince's portrait, 163;
  • proposed assignation, 165;
  • slander and abuse, 167, 177, 184;
  • interview at Kew, 171;
  • farewell to the stage, 176;
  • appears in public with the Prince, ix;
  • receives a bond for £20,000, 179;
  • an unexpected letter, 180;
  • journey to Windsor, 181;
  • escape from a robber, 182;
  • encounters a rival 182;
  • a Birth-night ball, 183;
  • pecuniary embarrassment, 186;
  • forsaken by the Prince, 188;
  • granted an annuity of £500, x, 190;
  • goes to Paris, 191;
  • admired by the Duke of Orleans, 192;
  • styled La Belle Anglaise, 192;
  • fêtes in her honour, 193;
  • invited to the royal table, 194;
  • return to England, 195;
  • stricken with illness, 195;
  • sojourn at Aix-la-Chapelle, 197;
  • death of her father, 200;
  • elegiac poem, 202;
  • at St. Amand, 206;
  • a literary career, 207;
  • intimacy with Colonel Tarleton, 207;
  • removes to Brighthelmstone, 208;
  • visited by Royal Princes, xv, 208;
  • Lines to him who will understand them, 209;
  • a seashore in-[Page 251] cident, 213;
  • correspondence with Robert Merry, 214;
  • literary activity, 216, 219;
  • publication of Vancenza, 216;
  • residence at Bath, 217;
  • her poem of The Maniac, 219;
  • arrival of her husband, 223;
  • stay in Calais, 223;
  • return to England, 224;
  • farce of Nobody, xiv, 224;
  • a theatrical cabal, 225;
  • death of her mother, 226;
  • ill-health and embarrassments, 227;
  • a brutal intrusion, 228;
  • Ode to Spring, 231;
  • writes for the Morning Post, 230;
  • a noble debtor, 234;
  • resumes literary work, 235;
  • increasing infirmity, 236;
  • dying injunctions, 237;
  • diretions for her funeral, 238;
  • closing scene, 240;
  • burial, 240;
  • reflections on her career, 240;
  • letter to John Taylor, xi;
  • letter from Mrs. Siddons, xiv;
  • elegy by Peter Pindar, 245
• Romeo and Juliet, Mrs. Robinson in, 128
• Rutland, Duke of, 142

• SAYER, Alderman, 70
• School for Scandal, 134
• September Massacres, 224
• Seys, Catherine and Richard, 4
• Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 126, 134, 150, 153, 189
• Siddons, Mrs., letter from, xiv
• Smith, William, 156
• St. Amand, Mrs. Robinson at, 206
• Stanzas written between Dover and Calais, 220
• Stephens, Miss, 157
• Storr, Mr., 6

• TABITHA Bramble, 230
• Tarleton, Colonel, x, 207
• Taylor, John, Mrs. Robinson's letter to, xi
• Townshend, Marchioness, 65
• Tregunter revisited, 92, 143
• Trip to Scarborough, 132
• Tynt, Lady, 5
• Tyrconnel, Countess of, 65

• VALENTIA, Lord, 70
• Vaughan, Dr. Henry, 233
• Vauxhall, Mrs. Robinson's visits to, 83, 124
• Vernon, John, 38

• WALPOLE, Horace, 133;
  • Miss, 154
• Wayman, Mr. 39
• Widow Brady, 176
• Wilkes, John, 189
• Wilmot, Harriet, 76
• Windsor, Mrs. Robinson's residence and internment at, 235, 240
• Winter's Tale, Mrs. Robinson's appearance in, 155
• Wolcot, Dr.–see Pindar, Peter
• Worlidge, Mrs., 50

• YEA, Lady, 71
• York, Duke of, xv, 161, 173, 175, 208