A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends, Volume 1

Samuel Stansbury, 1806

CONTENTS	viii

INTRODUCTION page iii	xxvii

Amusements distinguishable into useful and hurtfulthe latter	35

Forbidden as below the dignity of the intellect	44

As tending to produce by the introduction of	55

Quakers cannot learn vocal because on account	69

The preceding the arguments of the early Qua	75

The Theatre forbiddenshort history of its origin	83

Outlines of the discipline of the Quakers p	175

Manner of the administration of this discipline	184

Charges usually brought against the administra	190

Monthly court or meeting of the Quakers for the purposes	205

Quarterly court or meeting for the same purposesnature	213

Annual court or meeting for the same purposesnature	221

Excommunication or disowningnature of disowning as	236

Quakers carried with them their plain dresses into	249

Manner of the drama objected to by the Quakers	89

Theatre considered by the Quakers to be injurious	97

Opinions of the early Christians on this sub	106

These arguments of the Quakers on dancing	116

These arguments further elucidated by a display	122

Novels forbiddenconsidered by the Quakers as producing	129

Diversions of the field forbiddengeneral thought	137

SECT IIConsistency of this law examined by the morality	143

SECT IIIExamined by the morality of the Newthese	149

Reply of the Quakers to these objections p	161

Farther reply of the Quakers on the same sub	167

Objections of the world to the Quakerdress	257

Furniture the Quakers use plain furniturereasons	268

Various other alterations madeas in titles of	285

Another alteration as in the names of the days	291

Against that of titles of address and honour	300

Against that of the names of the days	309

Addresscommon personal gestures or worldly ceremonies	320

Manners and conversationhospitality and freedom in Qua	328

Customs before meals ancients made an oblation to Vesta	342

Customs at and after mealsQuakers never drink healths	350

Titre	A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends, Volume 1 A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends, Thomas Clarkson American culture series Numéro 10158 de Early American imprints Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform
Auteur	Thomas Clarkson
Édition	réimprimée
Éditeur	Samuel Stansbury, 1806
Original provenant de	Université de Harvard
Numérisé	26 août 2008
ISBN	0524024596, 9780524024591

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