| Evidence: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell recalls her studies to the age of thirteen:
'The Gospels were as familiar to me as the Lord's Prayer and the Catechism; almost too familiar,
indeed, for I read them day after day as a lesson, and thus in a certain degree lost the sense of
their meaning.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1828 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 19 Feb 1815 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | School pupil |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | New Testament Gospels |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14159 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | 'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century) | |
| Place of Publication: | n/a | |
| Date of Publication: | 1888 | |
| Vol: | 23 | |
| Page: | 221 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, 'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century) (1888), 23, p. 221, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14159, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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