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Henry Septimus Sutton

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30: 509: 270:, and they too became lifelong friends. When Ralph Waldo Emerson visited Manchester in 1847 he invited Sutton from Nottingham to meet him, and a permanent friendship was begun. Emerson visited Sutton at Nottingham next year; they met again in Manchester in 1872. Another correspondent was 522: 202:, he developed a strong vein of mysticism with an active interest in social and religious problems. He became an expert shorthand writer. For a short period he took a position as a journalist in 179:
on 10 February 1825. He was the seventh child in a family of seven sons and three daughters of Richard Sutton (1789–1856) of Nottingham, bookseller, printer and proprietor of the
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found Sutton employment as a journalist in Manchester, and in 1853 he became chief of the
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in January 1850 to Sarah Prickard (d. June 1868), by whom he had a son, Arthur James, of
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Outlines of the Doctrine of the Mind according to Emanuel Swedenborg, with observations
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on its foundation at Manchester in 1853, and was editor of its weekly journal, the
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in May 1870 to Mary Sophia Ewen, who survived him without issue till April 1910.
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The Golden Age: pt. i. Man's Creation and Fall; pt. ii. Swedenborgian Phrenology
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In a collected edition of his poems (1886) Sutton added, among other new poems,
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Sutton's early influence was Emerson: his first book, in prose,
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Among Sutton's early literary friends were his fellow townsman,
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Five Essays for Students of the Divine Philosophy of Swedenborg
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with other poems was reprinted in the "Broadbent" booklets as
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Sutton was educated at a private school in Nottingham and at
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Quinquenergia; or, Proposals for a New Practical Theology
183:, by his wife Sarah, daughter of Thomas Salt, farmer, of 290:, came out at Nottingham. In 1854 there appeared his 150: 98: 90: 67: 45: 20: 473: 333:(Manchester, 1899; seventeenth thousand, 1909). 457:. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p.  246:, Manchester, on 2 May 1901, and was buried at 532:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 437:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 298:which made his reputation. It was praised by 8: 596:People educated at Leicester Grammar School 28: 17: 394: 122: 1850; died 1868) 480:. Bucknell University Press. p.  416: 414: 412: 410: 408: 406: 404: 402: 400: 398: 318:, however, found Sutton pretentious. 167:activist, known as a religious poet. 7: 340:'s writings along his own lines in: 242:Sutton died at 18 Yarburgh Street, 14: 323:A Preacher's Soliloquy and Sermon 556:19th-century British journalists 528:Dictionary of National Biography 507: 433:Dictionary of National Biography 308:Golden Treasury of Sacred Poetry 139: 119: 472:Alan Warner (1 January 1975). 427:"Sutton, Henry Septimus"  1: 217:Manchester Examiner and Times 35: 591:English temperance activists 353:(1895), with a sixth essay 617: 561:19th-century English poets 373:Sutton was twice married: 355:Our Saviour's Triple Crown 306:, and anthologised in the 294:, including a poem series 94:Journalist, activist, poet 27: 576:English male journalists 192:Leicester Grammar School 379:Balliol College, Oxford 225:United Kingdom Alliance 601:People from Nottingham 586:English Swedenborgians 523:Sutton, Henry Septimus 454:Old and New Nottingham 288:Clifton Grove Garland 161:Henry Septimus Sutton 22:Henry Septimus Sutton 449:William Howie Wylie 364:(Manchester, 1900). 284:The Evangel of Love 260:Philip James Bailey 210:'s recommendation, 208:Ralph Waldo Emerson 175:Sutton was born in 581:English male poets 338:Emanuel Swedenborg 223:Sutton joined the 491:978-0-8387-7899-9 476:William Allingham 336:Sutton expounded 331:A Sutton Treasury 272:William Allingham 220:reporting staff. 212:Alexander Ireland 181:Nottingham Review 158: 157: 608: 533: 530:(2nd supplement) 511: 510: 496: 495: 479: 469: 463: 462: 445: 439: 438: 435:(2nd supplement) 429: 418: 360:a seventh essay 312:Francis Palgrave 268:George MacDonald 264:Coventry Patmore 143: 141: 132:Mary Sophia Ewen 123: 121: 74: 56:10 February 1825 55: 53: 40: 37: 32: 18: 616: 615: 611: 610: 609: 607: 606: 605: 571:English editors 566:Christian poets 536: 535: 521:, ed. (1912). " 517: 508: 500: 499: 492: 471: 470: 466: 447: 446: 442: 420: 419: 396: 391: 371: 304:James Martineau 280: 256: 200:total abstainer 185:Stanton by Dale 173: 146: 145: 142: 1870) 137: 133: 125: 117: 113: 110: 86: 76: 72: 63: 57: 51: 49: 41: 38: 23: 12: 11: 5: 614: 612: 604: 603: 598: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 548: 538: 537: 505: 504: 498: 497: 490: 464: 440: 424:, ed. (1912). 393: 392: 390: 387: 386: 385: 382: 370: 367: 366: 365: 358: 348: 316:Thomas Carlyle 300:Bronson Alcott 279: 276: 255: 252: 237:Swedenborgians 206:. In 1849, on 172: 169: 156: 155: 152: 148: 147: 135: 131: 130: 129: 128: 115: 111: 109:Sarah Prickard 108: 107: 106: 105: 102: 100: 96: 95: 92: 88: 87: 77: 75:(aged 76) 69: 65: 64: 58: 47: 43: 42: 33: 25: 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 613: 602: 599: 597: 594: 592: 589: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 543: 541: 534: 531: 529: 524: 520: 515: 514:public domain 502: 501: 493: 487: 483: 478: 477: 468: 465: 460: 456: 455: 450: 444: 441: 436: 434: 428: 423: 417: 415: 413: 411: 409: 407: 405: 403: 401: 399: 395: 388: 383: 380: 376: 375: 374: 368: 363: 359: 356: 352: 349: 346: 343: 342: 341: 339: 334: 332: 328: 324: 319: 317: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 277: 275: 273: 269: 265: 261: 253: 251: 249: 245: 240: 238: 234: 230: 229:Alliance News 226: 221: 219: 218: 213: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 188: 186: 182: 178: 170: 168: 166: 162: 153: 149: 127: 126: 104: 103: 101: 97: 93: 91:Occupation(s) 89: 84: 80: 70: 66: 61: 48: 44: 31: 26: 19: 16: 526: 506: 475: 467: 453: 443: 431: 372: 361: 354: 350: 344: 335: 330: 327:Rose's Diary 326: 322: 320: 307: 296:Rose's Diary 295: 291: 287: 283: 281: 257: 254:Associations 241: 232: 228: 222: 215: 189: 180: 174: 160: 159: 73:(1901-05-02) 15: 551:1901 deaths 546:1825 births 519:Lee, Sidney 503:Attribution 422:Lee, Sidney 357:(1898), and 39: 1880 540:Categories 204:Colchester 196:vegetarian 177:Nottingham 165:temperance 83:Manchester 71:2 May 1901 60:Nottingham 52:1825-02-10 244:Moss Side 85:, England 79:Moss Side 62:, England 451:(1853). 151:Children 516::  347:(1889), 248:Worsley 233:Meliora 144:​ 136:​ 124:​ 116:​ 112:​ 99:Spouses 34:Sutton 488:  369:Family 262:, and 389:Notes 278:Works 138:( 134: 118:( 114: 486:ISBN 302:and 198:and 194:. A 171:Life 68:Died 46:Born 525:". 459:227 310:by 542:: 484:. 482:12 430:. 397:^ 325:. 314:. 274:. 250:. 140:m. 120:m. 81:, 36:c. 494:. 461:. 154:2 54:) 50:(

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Nottingham
Moss Side
Manchester
temperance
Nottingham
Stanton by Dale
Leicester Grammar School
vegetarian
total abstainer
Colchester
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Alexander Ireland
Manchester Examiner and Times
United Kingdom Alliance
Swedenborgians
Moss Side
Worsley
Philip James Bailey
Coventry Patmore
George MacDonald
William Allingham
Bronson Alcott
James Martineau
Francis Palgrave
Thomas Carlyle
Emanuel Swedenborg
Balliol College, Oxford

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