Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb - With an Appendix Containing an Account of Ackworth School

Klappentext The author's journal of her travels as a Quaker minister in Britain and Europe, first published in 1792. Zusammenfassung Sarah Grubb (1756–90) became a minister of The Society of Friends in 1779. In this capacity she undertook extensive travels in Britain and Europe which quickly exhausted her, and she died at the age of only thirty-four. The journals she kept were first published in Dublin in 1792. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Her education; 2. Her marriage; 3. Visit to her husband's relations in Ireland; 4. Visit to some of the Western Counties of England; 5. Family visit at Sheffield; 6. Her concern respecting a boarding school for female youth; Appendix: containing an account of Ackworth School, observations on Christian discipline, and valuable extracts from many of her letters.

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• Authors: Sarah Grubb
• Assisted by: Lindley Murray (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9781108047500
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04750-0
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, EDUCATION / General, Education, History, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, C 1700 To C 1800, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)