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... give us a shock when we recall the description of an Anglican service in Il Penseroso ; but they and much else go with the Puritan contrast between external forms and the religion of the spirit . The central Reformation doctrines of the ...
... give us a shock when we recall the description of an Anglican service in Il Penseroso ; but they and much else go with the Puritan contrast between external forms and the religion of the spirit . The central Reformation doctrines of the ...
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... give faint hints of Eve's possible self - centeredness and Adam's possibly excessive devotion . A much stronger hint soon develops . Satan's efforts at Eve's ear resulted in her dreaming that , guided as she thought by Adam and then by ...
... give faint hints of Eve's possible self - centeredness and Adam's possibly excessive devotion . A much stronger hint soon develops . Satan's efforts at Eve's ear resulted in her dreaming that , guided as she thought by Adam and then by ...
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... give place to the messenger's account of the feast and Samson's feats of strength ( " performed , as reason was , obeying " ) and his prayerful approach to the final one . The choric lament contrasts the hubris of the Philistines , upon ...
... give place to the messenger's account of the feast and Samson's feats of strength ( " performed , as reason was , obeying " ) and his prayerful approach to the final one . The choric lament contrasts the hubris of the Philistines , upon ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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