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Sandgate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1882, with the Three Bulls’ Heads inn facing us on the corner of the Milk Market.
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Sandgate in 1882, showing the corner of the Milk Market, where the Three Bulls’ Heads Inn stood. In Wesley’s day (the events described here took place in 1742) Sandgate was where the keelmen lived, watermen who rowed the boats that carried coal from the staithes where it was unloaded, to the big collier ships in deeper water further down. Sandgate has a place in popular culture, as the song The Keel Row, known from a 1770s manuscript but quite possibly much older, is set among the keelmen of Newcastle:
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
Thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate,
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
I heard a lassie sing:
“O, weel may the keel row,
The keel row, the keel row,
O weel may the keel row
That my laddie’s in.”
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Sandgate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1882, with the Three Bulls’ Heads inn facing us on the corner of the Milk Market.
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From the Tyne and Wear Archives. Public domain.
Sandgate in 1882, showing the corner of the Milk Market, where the Three Bulls’ Heads Inn stood. In Wesley’s day (the events described here took place in 1742) Sandgate was where the keelmen lived, watermen who rowed the boats that carried coal from the staithes where it was unloaded, to the big collier ships in deeper water further down. Sandgate has a place in popular culture, as the song The Keel Row, known from a 1770s manuscript but quite possibly much older, is set among the keelmen of Newcastle:
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
Thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate,
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
I heard a lassie sing:
“O, weel may the keel row,
The keel row, the keel row,
O weel may the keel row
That my laddie’s in.”
When he had finished his service the people stood gaping and staring upon him with the greatest astonishment. He told them: “If you desire to know who I am, my name is John Wesley. At five in the evening, with God’s help, I design to preach here again.” At that hour a vast crowd covered the hill where he intended to preach, from top to bottom. He had never seen such a huge congregation either at Moorfields or Kennington Common. He stood where he could have all in view, and in a strong, clear voice preached from the words, “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.”* The people were ready to tread him under foot out of pure love and kindness, so that he could not get out of the press for some time, and had to go back to his inn another way.*
ByJohn Telford1851-1936
From ‘Wesley Anecdotes’ (1885) by John Telford (1851-1936), based on John Wesley’s journal.
* In his journal, Wesley tells us that despite his precautions, when he arrived at his inn he found a committee waiting for him. They begged him to stay on for a few more days, but he had to disappoint them, as arrangements had already been made to return south to Yorkshire.
Questions for Critics
1. What is the author
aiming to achieve in writing this?
2. Note any words, devices or turns of phrase that
strike you. How do they help the author communicate his
ideas more effectively?
3. What impression does this passage make on you?
How might you put that impression into words?
Based on The English Critic (1939)
by NL Clay, drawing on The New Criticism: A Lecture Delivered at
Columbia University, March 9, 1910, by J. E. Spingarn,
Professor of Comparative Literature in Columbia University,
USA.
Précis
At the end of his sermon, Wesley introduced himself by name and then promised to return that evening. When evening came, an enormous crowd gathered to hear him. His text this time was from Hosea; and so moved were the keelmen and their families, that Wesley was obliged to take a back road to regain the sanctuary of his lodgings.(60 / 60 words)
At the end of his sermon, Wesley introduced himself by name and then promised to return that evening. When evening came, an enormous crowd gathered to hear him. His text this time was from Hosea; and so moved were the keelmen and their families, that Wesley was obliged to take a back road to regain the sanctuary of his lodgings.
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Variations:
1.increase the length of this precis to exactly 65 words.2.reduce the length of this precis to exactly 55 words.3.introduce one of the following words into the precis: about, if, must, otherwise, ought, since, until, who.
Suggest answers to this question. See
if you can limit one answer to exactly
seven words.
How did the residents of Sandgate react to John Wesley’s visit?
Suggestion
They gathered in vast and affectionate crowds.
(7 words)
Variations:
1.expand your answer to exactly fourteen words.2.expand your answer further, to exactly twenty-one words.3.include one of the following words in your answer: if, but, despite, because, (al)though, unless.
For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying passage.
1Foot.Society.Tread.
2Contemptible.Make.Part.
3Get.Not.Their.
Variations:1.include direct and indirect speech2.include one or more of these words: although, because, despite, either/or, if, unless, until, when, whether, which, who3.use negatives (not, isn’t, neither/nor, never, nobody etc.)
Each of the words below may be followed by one or more prepositions. Compose your own sentences to show which they might be. Some prepositions are given underneath.
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying passage.
Make words (three letters or more) from the seven letters showing below, using any letter once only. Each letter carries a score. What is the highest-scoring word you can make?
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