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Introduction
The story of Anne Ford (1737-1824) is an inspirational tale of determination, which shows two contrasting sides to Georgian England, and reminds us once again that Britain made rapid social progress without the violence seen on the near Continent.
ANNE Ford was a pretty, gifted musician who sang and played both the English guitar and the viola da gamba (not then considered a very ladylike instrument) to the delight of London’s fashionable society, including Thomas Arne, gathered in her father Charles’s home on Sundays.
Anne dreamt of a professional career, but Charles thought that unseemly, and once engaged a magistrate to march his daughter home from a friend’s house, fearing a plot to escape for a life on the stage; but he was unable to stop her giving five public subscription concerts, beginning on March 18th, 1760, performing music by Handel and various Italian composers, supported by such eminent London figures as the virtuoso violinist Thomas Pinto.
Soon Anne was being showered with praise, though one eager suitor, William Villiers, Earl of Jersey, shared her father’s opinion of public performances, and begged his fashionable friends not to subscribe. Happily, they did not listen, which by a strange tissue of events may have saved Anne’s life.
Précis
Anne Ford was a gifted young musician of the later eighteenth century. She wanted to make a career on the stage as a performer, but though her father encouraged her music at home, he refused to let her turn professional. However, Anne arranged her own subscription concerts in London, supported by some of London’s most distinguished musicians. (57 / 60 words)
Anne Ford was a gifted young musician of the later eighteenth century. She wanted to make a career on the stage as a performer, but though her father encouraged her music at home, he refused to let her turn professional. However, Anne arranged her own subscription concerts in London, supported by some of London’s most distinguished musicians.
Variations: 1.increase the length of this precis to exactly 60 words. 2.reduce the length of this precis to exactly 50 words. 3.introduce one of the following words into the precis: about, because, besides, if, not, ought, whereas, who.
Word Games
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Suggest answers to this question. See if you can limit one answer to exactly seven words.
Variations: 1.expand your answer to exactly fourteen words. 2.expand your answer further, to exactly twenty-one words. 3.include one of the following words in your answer: if, but, despite, because, (al)though, unless.
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Express the ideas below in a single sentence, using different words as much as possible. Do not be satisfied with the first answer you think of; think of several, and choose the best.
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