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" The passions which they are designed to raise, are a divine love and religious fear. The particular beauty of the speeches in the third book consists in that shortness and perspicuity of style, in which the poet has couched the greatest mysteries of Christianity,... "
The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and ... - Page 247
1824
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The Spectator, Volume 4

1738 - 310 pages
...Man. He has reprefented all the abftrufe Doftrines of Predeftination, Free- Will and Grace, as alfo the great Points of Incarnation and Redemption, (which...that treats of the Fall of Man) with great Energy of Expreffion, and in a clearer and ftronger Light than I ever met with in any other Writer. As thefe...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 1

John Milton - 1750 - 666 pages
...to Man. He has reprefcnted all the abftrufe uodrins of predeftination, free-will and grace, as alfo the great points of incarnation and redemption (which...that treats of the fall of Man) with great energy of expreffion, and in a clearer and ftronger light than I ever met with in any other writer. As thefe...
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A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed ...

William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...to Man He has xeprefenied all the abiirufe Doctrines of Predeftination, Free-will and Grace, as alfo the great Points of Incarnation and Redemption (which...that treats of the Fall of Man) with great Energy of Exprellion, and in a clearer and ftronger ! ight'than I ever met with in any other Writer. As thefe...
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A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed ...

John Milton, William Dodd - 1762 - 284 pages
...Man. He has represented all the abilrufe Doctiir.es of Piedeftination, .Fre:-will and Grace, as alfo the great Points of Incarnation and Redemption (which...that treats of the Fall of Man) with great Energy cf ExprcfTicn, and in a clearer and ftronger Light than I ever met with in any other Writer. As thefe...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...doctrines of predestination, free-will and grace, as also the great points of incarnation and redemption, in a clearer and stronger light than I ever met with in any other writer. sUdison. icS -(reason a/so is choice)] The author had expressed the same sentiment hefore in prose....
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...all the abstruse doctrines of predestination, free-will, and grace, as also the great points of the incarnation and redemption, (which naturally grow...of man,) with great energy of expression, and in a clear and stronger light than ever I met with in any other writer. As these points are dry in themselves...
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The British Essayists, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 398 pages
...predestination, free-will and grace, as also the great point; of incarnation and redcmption,(which naturally grow up in a poem that treats of the fall...to the generality of readers, the concise and clear man. ner in which he has treated them is very much to be admired, as is likewise that particular art...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...Man. He has reprefented all the abftrufe doctrines of predcftination, free-will, and grace; as alfo the great points of incarnation and redemption, (which...that treats of the Fall of Man,) with great energy of expreflion, and in a clearer and itronger light than I have ever met with in any other writer. As thefe...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The ...

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 388 pages
...Providence with respect to man. He has represented all the abstruse doctrines o/ predestination, freewill and grace, as also the great points of incarnation...concise and clear manner in which he has treated them is verymuch to be admired, as is likewise that particular art which he has made use of in the interspersing...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...of Christianity, and drawn together, in a regular scheme, the whole dispensation of Providence witli respect to man. He has represented all the abstruse...points of incarnation and redemption (which naturally growup in a poem that treats of the fall of man,) with great energy of expression, and in a clearer...
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