The Theatrical 'World'
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781154096774
Paperback|9781154096774
Out of Stock
Overview
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... both mental and spiritual. Though in a feeble state of health, she could not withhold herself from the attempt to effect a reformation. In this she had no coadjutors but her sisters, who, having acquired a competency, had retired from schoolkeeping, and had with her a common home. Provision was made by law for the support of clergymen; but the Vicar of Cheddar received his fifty pounds a year, and resided at Oxford; and the Rector of Axbridge "was intoxicated about six times a week, and very frequently prevented from preaching by two black eyes, honestly acquired by fighting." She commenced operations by seeking to establish a school at Cheddar. Some of the obstacles she encountered may be best related in her own words: "I was told we should meet with great opposition, if I did not try to propitiate the chief despot of the village, who is very rich and very brutal; so I ventured to the den of this monster, in a country as savage as himself. He begged I would not think of bringing any religion into the country; it made the poor lazy and useless. In vain I represented to him that they would be more industrious as they were better principled; and that I had no selfish views in what I was doing. He gave me to understand that he knew the world too well to believe either the one or the other. I was almost discouraged from more visits; but I found that friends must be secured, at a, events; for if these rich savages set their faces against us, I saw that nothing but hostilities would ensue; so I made eleven more of these agreeable visits; and, as I improved in the art of canvassing, had better success. Miss W. would have been shocked, had she seen the petty tyrants whose insolence I stroked and tamed, the ugly children I praised, the...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154096774 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1154096777 |
| Weight | 0.58 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 In |
| List Price | $21.24 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 174 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
