Martha Braithwaite
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 23 Things Oxford
- A History of the World
- Cesar's 23 Things
- College library jottings
- Oxford English Dictionary
- R.C. Singleton's Diary (1847)
- Victorian Geek
- When the Data hits the Fan!
| Introduction | Martha Braithwaite appears to have been a Quaker born in Oxfordshire. There is the depiction of familial domesticity as a woman, Martha Braithwaite collects together her favourite hymns in a quiet season in the company of her “dear brother” and her “own precious children”. I have been employed some of my quiet hours during this confinement to the house in making a selection of some of my favourite hymns. The labour has been undertaken at the suggestion of my very dear brother William. … whether the hymns selected will ever be printed at present seems doubtful. Be that as it may, I have had much enjoyment and comfort in bringing together these songs of Zion, the very reading of which has often seemed to attune my own soul to praise |
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