Sentence examples for a governess from inspiring English sources

A governess had to be a lady.

"I was raised by a governess.

They were taught French by a governess.

She was English, and working as a governess.

She was educated at home by a governess.

"I cannot bear to be a governess," she says, dramatically.

Think "two children, their distant guardian, and a governess".

He learned Russian from his fatherland learned German, French & English from a governess & tutors.

Harriet longs to cast off her humdrum existence as a governess.

She resigned her post in 1901 and until 1905 traveled widely as a governess and companion.

There was a cook, a governess, a maid, a gardener, and a chauffeur.