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FRANCIS THOMPSON : “ THE HOUND OF HEAVEN ” AN EPIC OF THE LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET US GO “ Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in ...
FRANCIS THOMPSON : “ THE HOUND OF HEAVEN ” AN EPIC OF THE LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET US GO “ Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in ...
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He approached them , not as a , a psychologist anxious to analyse or study the child mind , but as one in whom the child - spirit had been kept alive . He was one of them in their glee and knew the wonderful world in which they live .
He approached them , not as a , a psychologist anxious to analyse or study the child mind , but as one in whom the child - spirit had been kept alive . He was one of them in their glee and knew the wonderful world in which they live .
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But these things are revealed to us , continues the apostle , “ by His Spirit . ” To the Court of Charles II , John Milton was an object of pity if not of contempt . He held aloof from its pleasures though he might have been a ...
But these things are revealed to us , continues the apostle , “ by His Spirit . ” To the Court of Charles II , John Milton was an object of pity if not of contempt . He held aloof from its pleasures though he might have been a ...
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In doing so he has presented an extraordinarily vivid picture of the spirit of compromise and irresolute wavering by which so many ills have fallen upon our race , and from which few minds are wholly free .
In doing so he has presented an extraordinarily vivid picture of the spirit of compromise and irresolute wavering by which so many ills have fallen upon our race , and from which few minds are wholly free .
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But the more we study the New Testament , the more deeply , are we impressed by the frequency of its warning against the terrible misuse of life brought about by half - heartedness and the spirit of vacillation .
But the more we study the New Testament , the more deeply , are we impressed by the frequency of its warning against the terrible misuse of life brought about by half - heartedness and the spirit of vacillation .
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| Title | Spiritual Voices in Modern Literature |
| Author | Trevor H. Davies |
| Publisher | George H. Doran Company, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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