Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her reading at school:
'At Miss Crooke's [school] [...] we learned Pinnock's Catechisms of History and Geography [...] For religious instruction we read portions of the Old Testament, and the Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles in a class every day, using Mrs. Trimmer's "Selections"'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Pupils at Miss Crooke's school, Newport, Isle of Wight. Print: Book
Elizabeth Missing Sewell recalls her studies to the age of thirteen:
'As regards history, I had learnt absolutely perfectly the chief events in the reigns of the English kings given in Pinnock's Catechism, and could go through the dates without a mistake.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book
'we learned Pinnock's Catechisms of History and Geography, and parsed sentences grammatically. For religious instruction we read portions of the Old Testament, and the Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles in a class every day, using Mrs Trimmer's "Selections"; and on Sundays we repeated the Collect and learned Watts's hymns, besides going through the Church Catechism. We also had Crossman's Catechism given us as an explanation of the Church Catechism'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book
'we learned Pinnock's Catechisms of History and Geography, and parsed sentences grammatically. For religious instruction we read portions of the Old Testament, and the Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles in a class every day, using Mrs Trimmer's "Selections"; and on Sundays we repeated the Collect and learned Watts's hymns, besides going through the Church Catechism. We also had Crossman's Catechism given us as an explanation of the Church Catechism'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell Print: Book