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... Wesley both for the quantity and variety of his publications or for his pioneer educational work among the masses . '17 Dr Sherwin showed in detail how Wesley carefully pruned Milton's poem from 10565 lines to 8695 , though he also ...
... Wesley both for the quantity and variety of his publications or for his pioneer educational work among the masses . '17 Dr Sherwin showed in detail how Wesley carefully pruned Milton's poem from 10565 lines to 8695 , though he also ...
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... Wesley supplied a remarkable guide to his own taste , and furnished what he clearly regarded as the heart of Paradise Lost , about a quarter of the original poem . Presumably most of these one hundred and forty - three passages he would ...
... Wesley supplied a remarkable guide to his own taste , and furnished what he clearly regarded as the heart of Paradise Lost , about a quarter of the original poem . Presumably most of these one hundred and forty - three passages he would ...
Page xv
... Wesley Family , London , Kershaw 1823 , p . 469 ) . 2. Cf. Richard P. Heitzenrater , John Wesley and the Oxford Methodists , 1725–35 ' , Ph.D. Dissertation , Duke University 1972 , pp . 108 , 429–30 . The first item noted in Wesley's ...
... Wesley Family , London , Kershaw 1823 , p . 469 ) . 2. Cf. Richard P. Heitzenrater , John Wesley and the Oxford Methodists , 1725–35 ' , Ph.D. Dissertation , Duke University 1972 , pp . 108 , 429–30 . The first item noted in Wesley's ...
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