A book of memories of great men and women of the age, from personal acquaintance (1877)
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo, Wordsworth Collection · London, Virtue · leaf 115
f Kimberworth, a village about five milesfrom this place (Sheffield), on the 17th March, 1781 ; but my birth was neverregistered except in a Bible, my father being a Dissenter and thorough hater of theChurch as by law established ; and not long afterwards he gave me some furtherparticulars of his… … 98 MEMORIES. I Ebenezer Elliott—not ill-treated, but neglected in his boyhood, on account of his supposedinability to learn anything useful—suffered to go to school, or to stay away, just as he pleased,and employ, at his own sweet will, those years which often leave an impression on the future…
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