. The life of John Bright. me to Low Leightonnear New Mills in Derbyshire, where he was apprenticedto a Friend, William Holme, who had a small farm, andhad a few looms employed in weaving fustians. Here he 1 Her maiden name was Jacobs. For this reason some have conjecturedthat a strain of Hebrew blood was introduced by her into the orators family-tree. But there is no evidence or tradition to this effect. Jacobs was acommon name among Quaker gentiles, particularly in Ireland. 2 Whenever in this book Friend is spelt with a capital F it meansQuaker. The word Quaker is said to have been first giv
. The life of John Bright. me to Low Leightonnear New Mills in Derbyshire, where he was apprenticedto a Friend, William Holme, who had a small farm, andhad a few looms employed in weaving fustians. Here he 1 Her maiden name was Jacobs. For this reason some have conjecturedthat a strain of Hebrew blood was introduced by her into the orators family-tree. But there is no evidence or tradition to this effect. Jacobs was acommon name among Quaker gentiles, particularly in Ireland. 2 Whenever in this book Friend is spelt with a capital F it meansQuaker. The word Quaker is said to have been first given by JusticeBennett, when George Fox warned him to quake at the word of the Bright never used the word Quaker, and disliked it. 3 He remained there in the most literal sense. His parents were toopoor, and journeys too difficult to permit of his returning to Coventry forholidays. When he first saw his parents again after five years absence hedid not at once recognise them, nor they him. This he told his son
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