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… creation of Methodist societies was fundamental to Wesley's projects and ideas, and he carefully elaborated rules and regulations so as to bett er organise the social and religious life of his followers. 4 The regular meetings were meant …

… First Report. Minutes Of Evidence Taken before The Select Committee appointed to consider of Provision for the better Regulation of Madhouses, in England (London: House of Commons, 1815), p. 11-12, 102-104. 3 . Urbane Metcalf, The Interior …

… people of colour could manage to attain wealth and status. They even appeared as white in many legal documents, despite regulations requiring race to be indicated dating back to the Code Noir of 1685. Their success and influence were … of free people of colour to abandon their European surnames and replace them with African ones. The sumptuary regulations of 1779 forbade free people of colour ‘from affecting in their clothing, hairstyles, apparel or adornment, in …

… of Parochial Administration in England, 3rd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969), p. 16. 3 . F. F. Fox, ‘Regulations of the Vestry of St. Stephen in 1524’, Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club (vol. 1, 1884-88), p. …

… of God’s presence, or possess it feebly and faintly, and I do not try to turn the conversation, and practise the company regulations which I have made‘ ( The Life , vol. III, 435). In a self-castigating and ironical move – from a former …

… by redistributing schemes or by larger infrastructures such as the General Infirmary in Bath, which entailed further regulations to control the comings and goings of the poorer sort of invalids. 6   4 . Annick Cossic, ‘The Female Invalid …

… today. The King rode the winner in 1671. The original rules for the event are said to be the first written and published regulations for horse racing (although there is some debate about the nature of the Articles). There were no judges in …

… play in social interactions. Buckled shoes were part of the formal ensemble that men would wear to dances: indeed, dress regulations at assembly rooms explicitly forbade boots, as they were for riding and were therefore rural outdoor wear. …

… – ‘heavy taxation on both glass and candles’ during the time (Williams 62). Such straightforward economic or political regulations of both the public and the private spheres certainly had a direct impact on the forms of reading and social …