Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Schoolmistress

(The), by Shenstone, is designed for a “portrait of Sarah Lloyd,” the dame who first taught the poet himself. She lived in a thatched house before which grew a birch tree.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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