Whitefield Preaches to Oak Near Cheater Town Sermon
A colonial era scene in Kent County Maryland sparks a dramatic confrontation as Whitefield preaches beside a large oak after a parish minister denounces his mode of preaching. The crowd gathers, Whitefield’s booming voice reportedly travels across the river, and two youths are warned in a graveyard by his forceful command.
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Angepote
Wiitgrenp
Cheater Town
Kent County
Maryland
Mr. Whitefield
Paul
Whitefield
Festus
Right at Last in Bentley's Miscellany
A London family storm erupts over William Elliot’s planned marriage to Miss Goring. William defends Dr. Goring’s innocence against hostile parental prejudice while his mother reveals a secret past of disobedience that haunted her and her husband. She urges him to weigh duty to parents against personal happiness.
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London
Dr. Elliot
Sir Thomas
Thomas
Lady Elliot
William Elliot
Dr. Goring
Elliot
William
Mr. Elliot
Middlebury
Stone
Lincoln's Inn
Elligg Hale ‘Aprang
Migs Goring
Resolu
Miss Goring
Misa Goring
Ile
Thomas Elliot
Clara
Mary Goring
William Eliot
Mary
Lawyer Stone
Dr Goring
Mr. Beckington
Temple
Serjeant Pyne
Mr. Eeckington
Chambers
Sawyer Stone
Pyne
Promise of Matrimony Frays English Manor Court
In a tense scene at Talliwell House, Lady Elliot begs William Elliot to vow never to marry without parental consent. William hesitates but yields a conditional promise to his mother, while delaying any bond with Mary Goring. He departs to join his father, leaving the future marriage in doubt.
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William
Elliot
Edo
Mary
William Elliot
Sir Thomas
Talliwell House
Mary Goring
Bockiington
Lincoln's Inn
Beckington
Rolle
Courtsey
Sawyer Stone
Bob
Eeckington
Robert
Crimea
Tratrume
Halliwell
Bob Stoneatill
Mr. Stone
London
Southampton
Malta
A Wartime Departure and a City Encounter
The narrator records a winter illness of Mary and a sequence of meetings with legal and social figures in London. Serjeant Pyne and Mr Beckington’s offices reveal lines of travel and separation. William Elliot contemplates leaving England for Malta while Mary’s future remains shadowed by illness and parental opposition.
Early Youth and the Bloom of Morning Life
Fragmentary draft speaks of youth as an ever-renewing force in nature. It contrasts brisk morning routines with an old age notion, urging youth to seize the day and treasure freshness, vigor, and the beauty of springtime. The voice celebrates renewal and the fleeting glow of youth.
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Svirgin
Thatryouth
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Famous Clothing
W. N. Greene
Hope Street
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Farrington
Josephus “Gooding
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New England Mutual Life Insurance CO
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Phillipe
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Charles P. Curtis
Charles Hubbard
Thomas A. Dexter
Wai.b. Reynolds
Marshal P. Wilder
George N. Folger
A. W.thaxter
En Francis C.lowis
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Stevens
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New York
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