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... appears at times the Will of God holds life's richest treasures . When Francis Francis Thompson understood this , he was content to commit his life " to the Great Purifier , his will to the Sovereign Will of the Universe . " Meantime he ...
... appears at times the Will of God holds life's richest treasures . When Francis Francis Thompson understood this , he was content to commit his life " to the Great Purifier , his will to the Sovereign Will of the Universe . " Meantime he ...
Page 49
... appear on the scene and mingle with the human characters as if there were no distinction between them . But there is no missing the central message of " Peer Gynt . " Ibsen proclaims that this aimless life is a terrible misuse of the ...
... appear on the scene and mingle with the human characters as if there were no distinction between them . But there is no missing the central message of " Peer Gynt . " Ibsen proclaims that this aimless life is a terrible misuse of the ...
Page 50
... appear together in the opening scene , and Peer is talking . He is a great talker . Never were such adventures as those he recounts . He has ridden upon the back of a reindeer which leapt with its rider down thousands of feet into a ...
... appear together in the opening scene , and Peer is talking . He is a great talker . Never were such adventures as those he recounts . He has ridden upon the back of a reindeer which leapt with its rider down thousands of feet into a ...
Page 58
... appears , has been mostly made " In negro slaves for Carolina , And idol images for China . " His When the number of his years warned him of the ever approaching day when he must face God's verdict upon his life , he devised an ...
... appears , has been mostly made " In negro slaves for Carolina , And idol images for China . " His When the number of his years warned him of the ever approaching day when he must face God's verdict upon his life , he devised an ...
Page 108
... appear . What then do we make of them ? If there is no spiritual world transcending our life of sense and time , and yet within reach of that life , then per- * This point has been very powerfully presented in Prof. D. S. Cairns's " The ...
... appear . What then do we make of them ? If there is no spiritual world transcending our life of sense and time , and yet within reach of that life , then per- * This point has been very powerfully presented in Prof. D. S. Cairns's " The ...
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ancient apostle appear Arthur Dimmesdale beauty become Bible bondage character Christian Church comes darkness David declared deed Dimmesdale Divine escape eternal evil experience eyes Fact of Conversion faith Father Felix flower Francis Thompson freedom give Gladstone glory God's grace hand heard heavens Hester Hester Prynne Holy hope human love Ibsen ideal imagination inspiration James Smetham Jesus Christ John Masefield John Ruskin Judas Iscariot king LAMP laws light lives look Lord Jesus Christ man's ment mind moral Morley NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE nature never obedience ODE TO DUTY ourselves passion Peer Gynt poem poet prayer present proclaimed prophet religion revealed Roger Chillingworth Ruskin Saul Kane Scarlet Letter seek seen selfishness Solvejg soul speak spirit stands strong supreme Tennyson thee things thou thought tion true truth turn unto uttered voice wonder words wrote