William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 106
... interest of an imperfect human being with the unconcern of the elements . The combination , to anyone who was too timid to realize its egotistic absurdity and yet too intelligent to prostrate the mind before it , was indeed terrifying ...
... interest of an imperfect human being with the unconcern of the elements . The combination , to anyone who was too timid to realize its egotistic absurdity and yet too intelligent to prostrate the mind before it , was indeed terrifying ...
Page 114
... interest and contempt for ' the doctrines of the Cross . ' He was , as Cowper was to write in less feverish days , A man of letters , and of manners , too ; Of manners sweet as virtue always wears When gay good - nature dresses her in ...
... interest and contempt for ' the doctrines of the Cross . ' He was , as Cowper was to write in less feverish days , A man of letters , and of manners , too ; Of manners sweet as virtue always wears When gay good - nature dresses her in ...
Page 247
... interest in her and deepen his attach- ment , the trumpets of the day of judgment might cease to sound . His supernatural terrors might subside in the placid stream of organic life . But , in truth , as the sensitive materialism of The ...
... interest in her and deepen his attach- ment , the trumpets of the day of judgment might cease to sound . His supernatural terrors might subside in the placid stream of organic life . But , in truth , as the sensitive materialism of The ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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