Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Mortimer : with selections from her correspondence,
Elizabeth Mortimer (1754-1835) begins her autobiography with an account of her adolescent life, and conversion experience at age 18. It details her struggle between the 'pleasures of worldliness and merits of spirituality.' Born into a Yorkshire middle-class Methodist family, her parents w...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
John Mason,
1836.
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| Series: | AM Scholar: Women's Studies.
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| Summary: | Elizabeth Mortimer (1754-1835) begins her autobiography with an account of her adolescent life, and conversion experience at age 18. It details her struggle between the 'pleasures of worldliness and merits of spirituality.' Born into a Yorkshire middle-class Methodist family, her parents were F. John Ritchie, a naval surgeon, and Beatrice Robinson. She received a strict religious education. Age 12 she went to live with Mrs H., a former patient, who had grown very fond of her. She describes Mrs H.'s prejudice against Methodism, and the shame the author felt for her family. On a visit to York she indulges in plays, cards and company while still believing she is a good Christian. She returns to her parents, and later meets John Wesley, accepting Methodist doctrine and rejecting worldliness. |
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| Item Description: | "Collection: Women's Autobiographies"--Home page. "Original Microfilm Part: Part 1: Rare printed autobiographies covering thirty-three womens lives, 1713-1859"--Home page. "Original Microfilm Reel: 7"--Home page. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume (viii, 300 pages)). |