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... Christians ... avoiding the more obscure and controversial parts of Christianity . The most frequent Tempers and Changes of our Spirit , and Condi- tions of our Life are here copied , and the Breathings of our Piety exprest according to ...
... Christians ... avoiding the more obscure and controversial parts of Christianity . The most frequent Tempers and Changes of our Spirit , and Condi- tions of our Life are here copied , and the Breathings of our Piety exprest according to ...
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... Christian , imagined the ' clear unfallen world ' as Vaughan and Traherne had seen it , in its intended perfection ... Christ to his second coming , when all guilt and suffering should be swept away , even the Crucifixion itself . But he ...
... Christian , imagined the ' clear unfallen world ' as Vaughan and Traherne had seen it , in its intended perfection ... Christ to his second coming , when all guilt and suffering should be swept away , even the Crucifixion itself . But he ...
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... Christian myth for the substance of his poetry , provides a quantity of explanatory notes , though he urges us not to glance at them while reading the text . Both these poets are at a disadvantage ( even more than Eliot was when The ...
... Christian myth for the substance of his poetry , provides a quantity of explanatory notes , though he urges us not to glance at them while reading the text . Both these poets are at a disadvantage ( even more than Eliot was when The ...
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