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1820: birth at Florence, christening, i. 4 1820-37: childhood and education:--early homes: Kynsham Court (Hereford), i. 9; Lea Hurst (Derby), i. 9; Embley (Hants), i. 9; nursing dolls, childish prescription, i. 14; country life, i. 10; early letters, visit to London (1830), i. 10; a morbid child, i. 11; given to dreaming, i. 14, 16; her first governess, i. 11; shyness, i. 12; education by her father, history, classics, etc., i. 12, 13; first aid to a wounded dog (1836), i. 14; sense of a call (1826), i. 15; a call from God (1837), i. 15 1837-39: sojourn abroad, i. 16-22; itinerary, i. 16; gaieties in Italy, i. 19; visit to Florence, i. 18; interests at Geneva, i. 17-18; winter in Paris, Miss Clarke's _salon_, i. 19-22 1839: the London season, i. 24; the charm of Embley, i. 27 1839-47: home life, i. 23-45, 59 _seq._; social pleasures, i. 23; "emergency man," i. 31; desire to shine in society, i. 39; social attractiveness, i. 37, 39; intellectual interests, i. 43; discontent with restricted home life, i. 40-45, 63-4 1841: private theatricals at Waverley Abbey, i. 32; consecration of Leeds Church, i. 55 1843: occupations in London, i. 34; company at Embley, i. 36; dinner parties, i. 38; illness and spiritual crisis, friendship with Miss H. Nicholson, i. 46 _seq._ 1844: visit from Dr. and Mrs. Howe at Embley, i. 37; nursing schemes,