Sentence examples for governess for from inspiring English sources

"When I saw the Beatles, I was the governess for the Robert Kennedy family," she said.

After working as a governess for several years, Haswell published her first novel, Victoria, in 1786 and the next year married the businessman William Rowson.

In 1860 she moved to the small rural town of Penola to serve as governess for the children of her aunt and uncle.

Hyacinth had been known by the simpler name Clare when she was governess for the aristocratic Cumnor family, which dominates the town.

Eight years pass, and Jane arrives at Thornfield mansion to serve as a governess for the ward of the mysterious Edward Rochester.

Clairmont was a governess for decades, but her early life with Byron, Shelley and her stepsister, Mary Shelley (daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft), gets the most attention.

Master for mistress; sir for madam; governor for governess; bachelor for spinster; courtier for courtesan – whereas the male list speaks of power and high status, the female list has a very different set of connotations.

First class passengers also traveled accompanied by personal staff valets, maids, nurses and governesses for the children, chauffeurs and cooks.

Sophia was also responsible for certain members of Victoria's household gaining higher statuses; Victoria's governess Louise Lehzen, for instance, was made a Hanoverian baroness on the orders of George IV, and Conroy was named a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order.

Jane grows up and leaves to work as a governess, but for all its comfort and grandeur, Thornfield is also a frightening place.

Deprived of sex, her husband began a series of affairs with English governesses imported for the purpose.