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Page 86
... Lost there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly Love . with the Serpent . Lucifer . Adam , Eve , Conscience . Death . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope ...
... Lost there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly Love . with the Serpent . Lucifer . Adam , Eve , Conscience . Death . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope ...
Page 93
... Lost , could de- scend from his elevation to rescue children from the per- plexity of grammatical confusion , and the trouble of lessons unnecessarily repeated . About this time Elwood the quaker , being recom- mended to him as one who ...
... Lost , could de- scend from his elevation to rescue children from the per- plexity of grammatical confusion , and the trouble of lessons unnecessarily repeated . About this time Elwood the quaker , being recom- mended to him as one who ...
Page 125
... Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising from the consciousness of transgression , and the horrours attending the ...
... Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising from the consciousness of transgression , and the horrours attending the ...
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