by Wendy Moore
wedding, 164–165
See also Sneyd, Honora
Edgeworth, Lovell, 266
Edgeworth, Margaret
brother and, 28, 222, 266
Day relationship, 1–6, 47, 49, 51, 52, 115
Day’s views on, 5–6, 49–50, 77, 161
description/background, 2, 3, 47, 49–50
engagement to Day, 1, 4–6, 51, 52, 115
marriage, 52
Edgeworth, Maria
childhood, 45, 142, 159, 163, 164, 191–192, 224, 225–226, 244, 252
Day and, 224, 252–254, 269
description, 268
father’s death, 266
father’s memoirs, 267, 268–271
revenge on Day, 253–254
as writer, 225–226, 252–254, 267, 268–271
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell
adopting child and, 228
Anna Maria marriage/children, 29–30, 33, 34, 40, 45, 91, 131, 132, 139, 141–142, 145, 151, 162, 163
Anna Maria’s death, 163–164
apprenticeship of orphans and, 53, 57–58, 60, 63, 76, 77–78, 83, 95, 101
archery contest/party, 145–147
background, 28–30
Bicknell and, 233, 234–235
childhood, 28–29
on Day, 2, 83, 95, 96, 98, 100, 110, 130
Day friendship beginnings, 28, 32–34, 244
Day’s biography and, 245–246
Day’s death and, 243–244
Day’s summer visit (1768), 1, 3–5, 46–47
Day’s wife-training plan and, 33, 34, 110–111, 191, 192–193, 195, 196–197, 214, 215, 216, 237, 238
education experiment, 40–46, 91, 93, 114, 120, 142, 151, 152–155, 225
education of, 28, 29, 30–31
education writings, 225–226
Elizabeth marriage/children, 221–222, 225, 263
engineering work in France, 153, 154, 155, 159, 162–163
Esther Milnes and, 203
Francis Anne marriage/children, 263, 266
illness/death, 265–266
inventions/Lunar Society, 30, 31–3 2, 33, 43, 51, 52
Lichfield, 110–111, 131, 141–143, 145–146
memoirs, 267, 268–271
number of children, 263, 266
personality/description, 28, 32, 33, 34, 139–140, 145, 266
plans for school, 266
Sabrina relationship, 95, 240, 251, 263, 264, 265–266, 267
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell and Honora
before marriage, 131–133, 137, 139–140, 141–143, 144, 151, 153
Honora’s death, 220, 221, 226
marriage/children, 164–165, 191–192, 219–220, 226
Edgeworth, Richard, Sr.
children and, 28–29, 46, 91, 106
Day and, 2–3, 4
health problems/death, 91, 106
Edgeworthstown, 46–47, 266
Elers, Anna Maria. See Edgeworth, Anna Maria
Elers, Paul, 29
Émile, or on Education (Rousseau)
Day’s wife-training plan and, 49, 83, 85–86, 93, 94, 109, 119–120, 121–122, 127, 137, 189, 190, 191
description/education of Émile, 37–40, 83
Dick Edgeworth’s education and, 40–46, 91, 93, 114, 120, 142, 151, 152–155, 225
followers of, 39–40, 44, 114, 120, 126, 175, 253–254
France banning, 35, 86, 15 1
religion and, 38, 39
Rousseau on, 44, 152
sequel, 217
Sophie and, 38, 47–48, 94
Sophie’s education, 48, 94
Emilius and Sophia (Rousseau), 217
Epictetus, 12
Evelina (Burney), 109–110, 182
Falconet, Étienne Maurice, 98
Farington, Joseph, 249
Fielding, Henry, 19
Flexney, William, 177, 182
Foundling Hospital
Bicknell/Day opposing music lessons, 182–184, 241
Day’s donation/as governor, 60, 76
Dorcas Car and, 76, 100–101
General Reception, 65–66
life at, 55–56, 63–75
location/history 54–56, 63–66
naming babies, 64–66, 69
opening country hospitals, 71–73
records on orphans, 63, 64, 73
Sabrina and, 56–58, 59, 60, 66–69, 71–72, 73–75, 101
Shrewsbury Hospital beginnings, 72–73
tokens left with babies, 63, 64, 67, 68–69
wet nurses, 69–70, 71, 72
France
British visitors, 85
conflict with Britain, 256, 257, 261
Day’s makeover in, 151, 153, 155–160
See also Day, Thomas and wife-training plan/France
Franklin, Benjamin
Boston Tea Party and, 176
Club of Thirteen, 174–175, 184, 206–208
group of friends, 174, 175, 176, 184, 206
French Revolution, 37
Gainsborough, Thomas, 39
Galatea, 62, 98, 156, 196, 205, 275
Galton, Emma, 208, 209
Galton, Galton, 232
Galton, Samuel, 123, 126–127, 232
Gason, Caroline, 263
Gentleman’s Magazine, 136, 247
George III, 206
Georgian culture. See British culture and social history (eighteenth century)
Gibbon, Edward, 14, 15, 19
Graham, John, 262
Grand Tour, 23, 157
Greenwich, 249, 250–251, 252, 257, 258, 261, 264, 268, 269, 272, 273
Greville, Frances, 48
Grig, Ann, 77
See also Car, Dorcas
Guy, Pierre, 86
Haliburton, James, 262
Hall, Elizabeth, 208–209
Hampstead, 213–214, 268
Handel, George Frideric, 65
Hardinge, George, 242–243, 260
Hare Hatch, 29, 32, 33, 42, 140
Harvey, Susannah, 180, 189
Hawkesworth, Elizabeth, 200
History of Sandford and Merton, The (Day), 226–228, 232, 243, 254–255, 261
Hogarth, William, 65
Holland, 181–182
Hume, David, 18, 19, 36
Hunter, John, Reverend, 103
Hunter, John (surgeon), 120
Illegitimacy, 68, 258–259
James, Henry, 130–131, 255
Jefferson, Thomas, 52, 176
Johnson, Samuel
background/ideas, 22, 85, 248, 249–250
on Day, 126
Lichfield and, 103, 119, 121
Jones, William (Oriental), 33, 174
Julie, or The New Héloïse (Rousseau), 3 7, 114, 217
Kauffman, Angelica, 21–22
Keir, James
background/business, 52, 125, 126, 127, 180, 189
Day’s biography and, 245–247, 252, 254, 267, 270
Day’s publisher and, 243, 247
Day’s wife-training plan and, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 174, 180, 188, 189, 194, 195, 209, 210, 212, 213, 228, 237, 270
Day’s will and, 230
family, 180, 189
Lunar Society, 52, 125, 132, 184, 186
Sabrina’s wedding, 238
Kerr, Hugh, 70–71
Kildare, Emily, Duchess of Leinster, 40
Kingston, Ann. See Sidney, Sabrina Knights Templar, 27
Ladies of Llangollen, 105
Lane, Richard James, 272
“Laura” and Petrarch/poetry, 24–25, 87
Laurens, Henry, 184–185, 223
Laurens, John, 184–185
Leigh Hunt, Henry, 227
Leonora, 23, 25, 77
Levasseur, Thérèse, 36, 37, 86, 151, 207
Lichfield
Sabrina in, 105–106, 107–112, 114, 115, 116, 118–125, 126–130, 131, 133
See also specific individuals; Stowe House, Lichfield
Locke, John, 19, 37, 39
Lowndes, Milnes
, 201–202, 216
Lowndes, Robert, 200, 201–202
Lowndes, Thomas, 201–202, 213, 216
Lucretia. See Car, Dorcas (Lucretia)
Lunar Society of Birmingham, 31, 46, 51–52, 123, 125–127, 166, 173, 180, 184, 186, 231–232, 268
Lycurgus, 12
“Macaronis,” 150
Mackenzie, Henry, 150
Magee, Samuel, 57, 58
Mandeville, Bernard, 19
Mansfield, Lord/ruling, 172
Mantua-making (dressmaking), 178
Marquis de Sade, 79, 121
Marriage
legal age, 54
See also Women’s status
Marriage Act (1753), 68
Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin (Seward), 257–260, 261
Middle Temple Inn, 13, 18, 27, 5 1, 53, 170–171, 174, 176, 184, 206, 232, 239
Milnes, Esther
background, 199–200
brother-in-law and, 199, 201–202
Day examining, 209–211
description/personality, 200–201, 202–205
friends and, 200–201
inheritance and, 199–200, 204, 211, 216
meeting Day/early relationship, 203–206
sister (Elizabeth), 200, 201
suitors, 199, 201, 202–203, 217–218
See also Day, Esther
Milnes, Richard, 199–200
Milton, John, 75, 103 “Monimia” name, 67
Montagu, Elizabeth, 185
Montagu, Mary Wortley, 21
Musical Travels Through England (Bicknell and Day), 183, 239
My Fair Lady, 62
Napoleon Bonaparte, 257
Nelson, Admiral, 261
Nollekens, Joseph, 249
Ode for the New Year (Day), 206
Orley Farm (Trollope), 255–256
Orphan Hospital at Shrewsbury. See Foundling Hospital
Ovid and Pygmalion story, 61, 62, 275
Oxford University
decline in standards, 14–15
See also Day, Thomas/Oxford University
Palterton Hall, 200, 201
Panckoucke, Charles-Joseph, 161
Paris
burning books, 17
Day/Edgeworths and, 15 1–153
Day’s/orphans’ visit, 81, 82–85
fashion, 89, 190
Rousseau and, 37, 86, 151–153, 207
Parker, Mary, 118–119, 129, 180
Parkinsons
background, 178, 187
Sabrina and, 178, 179, 181, 186–187
Penfold, Mary/family, 69, 70, 71, 72
Petrarca (Petrarch), Francesco, 24, 87
Phillips, Jane. See Day, Jane
Phillips, Thomas
background, 11
as Day’s stepfather, 10–11, 53, 84, 106
Piozzi, Hester. see Thrale, Hester
Ponsonby, Sarah, 105
Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls,
Prostitution, 53–54
Pygmalion myth, 61–62, 97–98, 107, 131, 156, 196, 256, 274, 275
Pygmalion (Rousseau), 62
Pygmalion (Shaw), 61–62, 107, 131, 256, 275
Reynolds, Joshua, 39
Richardson, Samuel, 19
Robinson, Richard George, Reverend, 122–123, 124
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
background/ideas, 4, 35, 37–40, 83, 150, 162, 171, 243
Day/Edgeworths visit, 152–153
death, 217
Dying Negro, The (Day and Bicknell) and, 177, 182, 206, 207–208
Galatea and, 62, 98
in hiding, 35–36, 40, 86
his children, 3 7
ideas on education, 37–40
personality, 36
return to France, 150–15 1
views on women, 48–49
See also specific writings
Roussel, Guillaume-François, 39, 120, 152
Ruxton, John/Margaret, 52, 266
Sabrina. See Sidney, Sabrina; Bicknell,
Sabrina Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de, 253–254
Sandford and Merton (Day), 226–228, 232, 243, 254–255, 261
Saville, Elizabeth (Eliza)
marriage/children, 230, 242
Sabrina and, 118, 129, 179, 180, 230, 242
Saville, John
Anna Seward and, 117–118, 129, 147, 158–159, 161, 165, 259
background/music, 116–117, 145, 147, 180, 242
death, 259
grandson, 230
wife (Mary), 117, 158, 165, 259
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 123, 126–127
Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, A (Sterne), 82, 150
Seward, Anna
attacks on Day, 245
Day’s letters from France, 155–158, 161
Day’s makeover and, 159–160, 166
Day’s wife-training plan and, 105–106, 111–112, 113–115, 122, 124, 128–129, 137, 173, 179–180, 189, 213, 216, 230
description/background, 103–106
Dying Negro, The and, 171
Honora and, 104–105, 107, 112, 114, 131–132, 133, 137, 138–139, 140–141, 144–145, 146, 165–166, 220–221, 245
John Saville and, 117–118, 129, 147, 158–159, 161, 165, 259
Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin, 257–260, 261
Sabrina (after Day’s rejection), 230, 234, 242, 245
Seward, Elizabeth, 103, 111
Seward, Sarah, 103, 104–105
Seward, Thomas, Reverend, 103, 110
Seward, William, 13, 16, 17, 238, 240, 241
Shakespeare, William, 103
Sharp, Granville, 171–172
Shaw, George Bernard, 61–62, 107, 131, 256, 275
Shelley, Mary, 275
Shrewsbury, 54
Shrewsbury orphanage. See Foundling Hospital
Sidney, Sabrina
apprenticeship plan, 56, 57–58, 60, 74–75
background, 56–58, 59, 60, 63, 66–69, 70, 71–75, 79, 101
Bicknell explaining Day’s plans, 235
Bicknell’s marriage proposal, 234–235
boarding house outside Birmingham, 196, 206
on Day’s abuse, 232
Day’s decision between orphans, 99–100
Day’s decision to marry, 187–191, 193–196, 203
Day’s dismissal, 133–134
Day’s “justification,” 235–237
Day’s marriage proposal and, 193–196, 197, 237
Day’s will and, 229–230, 234
description/personality, 5 6, 76, 99
dressmaking (mantua-making) apprenticeship, Lichfield, 178–181, 186–187
Foundling Hospital records, 63, 67, 68–69, 73
France and, 81–84, 85–87, 88–89, 92–97, 98–100
knowledge of Day’s plan and, 62–63, 74, 75, 78, 79, 107, 116, 129–130, 188–189, 235
in Lichfield, 105–106, 107–112, 114, 115, 116, 118–125, 126–130, 131, 133
London visit, 59–60
physical/psychological abuse, 119–125, 130, 232, 236
rebellion, 128–130, 133–134
story in print, 130–131, 253–25 6, 257–261, 267, 268–271
Sutton Coldfield boarding school, 135–137, 162, 172–173
Wardley’s marriage proposal, 230–231
See also Bicknell, Sabrina; Day, Thomas and wife-training plan
Sidney, Sir Philip, 75
Slavery. See Antislavery movement
Small, William
background/description, 52, 127–128
Day’s wife-training plan and, 52, 83, 127, 128, 131, 180, 186, 203–204
death, 186, 187
Lunar Society, 52, 125, 126, 132, 166, 186
Smallpox inoculations, 21, 100–101
Smith, Charlotte, 19
Smith, Eliza, 230, 242
See also Saville, Elizabeth (Eliza)
Smollett, Tobias, 89, 211–212
Sneyd, Charlotte, 138, 144
Sneyd, Edwar
d (Major)
family, 104, 144, 146, 164, 221–222
wealth, 144
Sneyd, Elizabeth (Bessy)
background/family, 104, 144, 147, 164
breaking engagement, 160–161, 162
Day’s makeover and, 148, 151, 159–160
description/personality, 146, 147
Edgeworth marriage, 221–222
education, 146, 147
meeting Day/engagement, 146–148
Sneyd, Honora
background/family, 104, 138, 146, 164
Day and, 137, 140–144
Day’s proposal and, 142–144
Edgeworth and, 131–133, 137, 139–140, 141–143, 144, 151, 153
fiancée, 138–139
Seward family, 104–106, 107, 112, 114, 131”132, 133, 137, 138–139, 140–141
See also Edgeworth, Honora
Sneyd, Lucy, 138, 164
Sneyd, Mary, 138, 164
Sneyd, Susanna, 138
Soane, Sir John, 264
Social Contract, The (Rousseau), 35, 37, 151, 152, 177
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 30, 43
Somerset, James, 171–172
Southey, Robert, 227, 247
Spenser, Edmund, 75
Sterne, Laurence, 82, 88, 150
Stockdale, John, 243, 247
Stoics, 4, 12
Stourbridge, 127, 180, 188
Stowe House, Lichfield
Day/Sabrina and, 105–112, 113–115, 116, 118–130, 131–133
description, 106–107
Suard, Amélie/Jean-Baptiste, 161–162
Sutton Coldfield, 135–136
Thrale, Hester, 85, 248, 249–250
Trollope, Anthony, 255–256
Vaughton, Roger, 209
Verner, Deborah, 72
Victoria, Queen, 271
“Virtue” definitions, 18–19
Voltaire, 17–18, 98
Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 262
Warburton-Lytton, Elizabeth, 120, 224
Warburton-Lytton, Richard
Day and, 17, 33
description/background, 17, 120
Wardley, Jarvis, 230–231
Washington, George, 139, 176
Watch and Ward (James), 130–131, 255
Watt, James, 43, 52, 125, 186, 189, 212
Wedgwood, Josiah
background/business, 52, 125–126, 174, 176
Day’s wedding, 212
education of children, 126
Lunar Society, 52, 125, 126, 184
Wharton, Robert, 85
Whitehurst, John, 46
Widowhood, 240
Wilde, Oscar, 227
Wilkinson, Ann/Richard, 201, 210, 211
Williams, David
background, 175
Franklin club, 175, 176, 207–208
multi-denominational services, 175, 207
Williams, Helen Maria, 238–239
Willmott, Jane, 263
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 7, 48–49
Women’s status
in eighteenth-century Britain, 6, 21–22, 79, 97–98
husband-wife relationship, 21
marriage age, 54