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Page 97
... follows a reflection upon the Presbyterian posses- sors of truth : ' he who hears what praying there is for light and clearer knowledge to be sent down among us would think of other matters to be constituted beyond the discipline of ...
... follows a reflection upon the Presbyterian posses- sors of truth : ' he who hears what praying there is for light and clearer knowledge to be sent down among us would think of other matters to be constituted beyond the discipline of ...
Page 221
... follow : I laugh when those who at the spear are bold And venturous , if that fail them , shrink , and fear What yet they know must follow to endure Exile , or ignominy , or bonds , or pain , - The sentence of their conqueror . This is ...
... follow : I laugh when those who at the spear are bold And venturous , if that fail them , shrink , and fear What yet they know must follow to endure Exile , or ignominy , or bonds , or pain , - The sentence of their conqueror . This is ...
Page 267
... follows : Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe , Nor from that right to part an hour , Smile she or lour : So shall he least confusion draw On his whole life , not swayed By female ...
... follows : Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe , Nor from that right to part an hour , Smile she or lour : So shall he least confusion draw On his whole life , not swayed By female ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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