August 14. I had read Mr Whately of the new birth, and it affected mee exceedingly, and put mee upon prayer, and search of my selfe
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Isaac Archer Print: Book
'At Sturbridge faire last, having by chance loo[k]ed on Mr Whately, Bishop Andrewes, and Mr Perkins on the commandments (in which I owne a secret hand of God) I was clearly convinced that my former practise was sinfull, and deserved the stroak of God's vengeance'.
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Isaac Archer Print: Book
'The study of Metaphysics and Mental Philosophy in general had always been one of the
favourite pursuits of George Grote. In the winter of 1829, a small group of students in this
branch of knowledge resumed the habit begun two years previous, of meeting at George
Grote's house on two mornings of the week, at half past eight A.M.
'They read Mr. Mill's last work, "Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind," Hartley on
Man, Dutrieux's Logic, Whately's works, &c., discussing as they proceeded.. Mr. John Stuart
Mill, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Eyton Tooke [...] Mr. John Arthur Roebuck, Mr. G. J. Graham, Mr.
Grant, and Mr. W. G. Prescott formed part of this class. Mr. George Grote was always present
at their meetings, which lasted an hour, or an hour and a half, as time served.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: George Grote, J. S. Mill, Eyton Tooke, Charles Buller, J. A. Roebuck, G. J. Johnson and others Print: Book
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 13 September 1849:
'Reading has, of late, been my great solace and recreation [in year following the deaths of her brother and two sisters] [...] I have read with pleasure a little book on "English Social Life" by the wife of Archbishop Whately. Good and intelligent women write well on such subjects. This lady speaks of governesses. I was struck by the contrast offered in her manner of treating the topic to that of Miss Rigby in the "Quarterly." How much finer the feeling — how much truer the feeling — how much more delicate the mind here revealed!'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë Print: Book
