Evidence: | '[editor's words. A family friend having tried to shake EH's religious faith,] To terminate this state of doubt, which to her ardent temper was insupportable, she took the prompt resolution of reading the scriptures by stealth, and deciding the question from her own unbiassed judgment. The result of this examination was, a conviction of their truth; and she observed that the moral precepts connected with the doctrine of Christianity, were too pure to have been promulgated by an impostor'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1770 and 31 Dec 1772 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Stirlingshire | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Hamilton |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 25 Jul 1758 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Episcopalian |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20767 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Hamilton | |
Editor: | Miss Benger | |
Title: | Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1819 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 44-5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Hamilton, Miss Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence (London, 1819), p. 44-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20767, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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