John Wesley

John Wesley noted that he thought some of the elegies of MWDquite equal to Mr. Gray 's.

MDF celebrates the Association in a poem addressing it. Her book's full title is Unrighteous Abuse Detected and Chastised; or, A Vindication of Innocence and Integrity, Being an Answer to a Virulent Poem, Intituled, The...

Letters written by the future MD as Aspasia to John Wesley over this span of time are extant, and are printed among his works.

In Gloucestershire Mary Pendarves found herself the neighbour of Sarah Kirkham (later Sarah Chapone) . They became close friends. Other members of their circle (besides Mary's sister Anne ) were Charles and especially John Wesley

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography notes both that MD received patronage from Bristol heiress Ann Lovell Gwatkin , and that Hannah More emphatically did not take to her, though their paths must repeatedly have...

Ross 's epilogue both praises FD 's work and seeks to recommend it by associating it with Darwin , John Wesley , and Voltaire .

Equiano was already a well-known figure in the abolitionist movement in Britain when his book appeared. He had issued Proposals for his subscription in November 1788 (the same month that George III fell ill, probably...

EF 's father, Peter Jaco , born in 1721, was a Cornishman, who early in life worked for his father in the pilchard fishery; ships owned by the family sailed in the Mediterranean. EF said...

Mary Bosanquet (later Fletcher) wrote almost weekly to the ex-fashionable preacher Dr William Dodd (in prison for forgery) until he was hanged, out of concern for his soul.

The day after the funeral of her husband John Fletcher , while her soul was as in the lion's den,MBF wrote a detailed and heart-rending account to John Wesley of the death.

Mary Bosanquet (later Fletcher) wrote to John Wesley on the question of just how close Methodist women were to be permitted to come to actually preaching.

Crosby and Ryan, born in 1729 and 1724 respectively, were both remarkable women. Crosby at her death left three or four volumes of manuscript journals (300-400 packed pages each), intended by her for print and...

He was of Swiss origin, ten years her senior (born in 1729 at Nyon near Geneva), and a fellow-evangelical. In 1773 John Wesley had approached him about taking on leadership of the Methodist movement...

Many re-issues followed, extending to the year 1815. The original edition mentions that it was sold at the Foundry, Moorfields (which was Methodism 's continuing centre in London). Others were sold at the New...

In this text of religious counsel, MBF lists her topics as sub-headings uncharacteristic of an actual letter. She translates her correspondent's approaching journey into spiritual terms: I see you as a ship just launching into...