William CowperJohn Lehmann, 1951 - 167 pages |
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Page 47
... passage which is surely closer in spirit to the teaching of Wesley than that of Calvin : Like him ( God ) , the soul , thus kindled from above , Spreads wide her arms of universal love ; And , still enlarg'd as she receives the grace ...
... passage which is surely closer in spirit to the teaching of Wesley than that of Calvin : Like him ( God ) , the soul , thus kindled from above , Spreads wide her arms of universal love ; And , still enlarg'd as she receives the grace ...
Page 57
... passages or passages of deep personal feeling , it has a slackness , a relaxed hold , an underpitching of the note , which does not bore us but keeps us calm , untensed - the real emotions in Cowper rarely rise to the surface but lie ...
... passages or passages of deep personal feeling , it has a slackness , a relaxed hold , an underpitching of the note , which does not bore us but keeps us calm , untensed - the real emotions in Cowper rarely rise to the surface but lie ...
Page 100
... passage in chapter xviii , where Abraham prays to the Lord that He should spare Sodom and Gomorrah : ' Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that ...
... passage in chapter xviii , where Abraham prays to the Lord that He should spare Sodom and Gomorrah : ' Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 7 |
TWO The Early Years | 15 |
THREE The Evangelical Revival | 26 |
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