William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 148
... virtues and their vices . And so his charity was at once wholly human and self- respecting ; because he really stood , by virtue of his sympathy , on the level of suffering , he had no need to accuse himself , although the ...
... virtues and their vices . And so his charity was at once wholly human and self- respecting ; because he really stood , by virtue of his sympathy , on the level of suffering , he had no need to accuse himself , although the ...
Page 178
... virtues of ' the Cross . ' ' I am no preacher , ' he wrote at the end of The Progress of Error , and we may admit that ... Virtue points to . . . . A timid and negative morality , in short , still interposed between Cowper and the Nature ...
... virtues of ' the Cross . ' ' I am no preacher , ' he wrote at the end of The Progress of Error , and we may admit that ... Virtue points to . . . . A timid and negative morality , in short , still interposed between Cowper and the Nature ...
Page 235
... virtue to the mere chronicling of fact which it did not possess . But , unlike him , he could seldom feel himself at any depth into inanimate things , despite his claim that , The man to solitude accustomed long Perceives in every thing ...
... virtue to the mere chronicling of fact which it did not possess . But , unlike him , he could seldom feel himself at any depth into inanimate things , despite his claim that , The man to solitude accustomed long Perceives in every thing ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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