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Richard Allestree
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Richard Allestree : Ladies Calling, The
'On 2 May 1812 M[ary] W[ordsworth] wrote to her husband from Hindwell: "I have read the 'Ladies calling' - one of thy books - which pleased me much ... "
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Wordsworth Print: Book
Richard Allestree : The new whole duty of man, containing the faith as well as the practice of a Christain
'In the even read part of the "New Whole Duty of Man".'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Turner Print: Book
Richard Allestree : The whole new duty of man, containing the faith as well as the practice of a Christain
'In the day read part of the "New Whole Duty of Man". And in the even Tho. Davy at our house to whom I read part of Sherlock on death.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Turner Print: Book
Richard Allestree : Whole Duty of Man, The
'"Sunday (said he) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy. My mother confined me on that day, and made me read "The Whole Duty of Man", from a great part of which I could derive no instruction. When, for instance, I had read the chapter on theft, which from my infancy I had been taught was wrong, I was no more convinced that theft was wrong than before; so there was no accession of knowledge".'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book
Richard Allestree : Government of the Tongue, The
'On Friday, April 2, being Good-Friday, I visited him in the morning as usual; and finding that we insensibly fell into a train of ridicule upon the foibles of one of our friends, a very worthy man, I, by way of a check, quoted some good admonition from "The Government of the Tongue", that very pious book.'