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... appeared in 1779 , 1 almost simultaneously , as it happened , with the Wesleys ' great collection . Newton's character is well mirrored in his Introduction , which is a model of charity , humility , and good sense . His motive in ...
... appeared in 1779 , 1 almost simultaneously , as it happened , with the Wesleys ' great collection . Newton's character is well mirrored in his Introduction , which is a model of charity , humility , and good sense . His motive in ...
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... appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine , including The Poplar Field with its beautiful couplet : " The poplars are fell'd , farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the cool colonnade . " When writing his hymn for Mr. Bean ...
... appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine , including The Poplar Field with its beautiful couplet : " The poplars are fell'd , farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the cool colonnade . " When writing his hymn for Mr. Bean ...
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... appeared as happily exempt from all the infirmities of advanced life as friendship could wish him to be . " He described Mrs. Unwin as " a muse of seventy . " " Their reception of me , " he continued , was kindness itself . I was ...
... appeared as happily exempt from all the infirmities of advanced life as friendship could wish him to be . " He described Mrs. Unwin as " a muse of seventy . " " Their reception of me , " he continued , was kindness itself . I was ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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