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Elizabeth Inchbald and husband : [Roman Catholic] Mass

'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kemble read. On Sundays, if they were not near a Catholic chapel, it was she or her husband who read Mass to their visitor [Philip Kemble], who listened with due humility.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Inchbald and husband     Print: Book

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