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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill FROM ENGLAND 'THIS is the story of Elizabeth Dcarford's love. It is not a story of her times, her heresy, nor of her trial and the verdict of the Church. Times, events are merest incidents. Love has no chronology, is not confined to locality. New England, Old England, Rome and Greece, Yesterday and To-day, are but the setting for the drama of the soul. Nor is love dependent upon events. Events are but asides in that great drama. Let those who would know of the times in which Elizabeth lived and loved, search the fascinating pages of Fiske, MacMaster, and Wood.row Wilson. Let those who would know the details of her trial search the records of the old Sutton church. In brief, Elizabeth Dearford was tried before the congregation and convicted of heresy. Her name was dropped from the church roll. The Sutton circle of men and women also dropped her from that unlettered roll which makes a common interest in a common cause. To her, all this was of small moment: she had been intellectually true to her standard; she was willing to abide by the results. But David and his attitude?that was intolerable One long fruitless argument?then?David had let things take their course. On that dreadful day, when she had sat alonein the meeting-house, David had sat in the seat of the deacons, cold, unmoved, inexorable. That his face had been as set as though it were his own death-mask, and that his eyes had held the shadow of agony, had counted for naught. Not one word of reproach had passed his lips to her when they were alone in their home. Instead, a plea: Forgive me, Elizabeth?it was my duty. Duty Duty '' Elizabeth had answered, in quick scorn. To what ghastly crimes duty has stood sponsor It was duty burned Cranmer, Savonarola, Joan of Arc. It was duty burned those poo...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217837538 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217837530 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 114 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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