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Page 54
... poor , ignorant , and coarse beyond description . The torture of animals was their main pastime ; crimes of violence , in the absence of any effective police force , were rampant ; and even for trivial offences " the law , " as Mr ...
... poor , ignorant , and coarse beyond description . The torture of animals was their main pastime ; crimes of violence , in the absence of any effective police force , were rampant ; and even for trivial offences " the law , " as Mr ...
Page 239
... poor , yet at the same time in- dustrious and honest , two characters frequently found here , where the most watchful and unremitting labour will hardly procure them bread . " It will be seen that , in some matters at least , Cowper's ...
... poor , yet at the same time in- dustrious and honest , two characters frequently found here , where the most watchful and unremitting labour will hardly procure them bread . " It will be seen that , in some matters at least , Cowper's ...
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... poor homes which it had not previously entered . On the other hand , his poetry spread the doctrines and ( what was to better purpose ) the fuller implications of Evangelicalism among the sophisticated who could perhaps have been ...
... poor homes which it had not previously entered . On the other hand , his poetry spread the doctrines and ( what was to better purpose ) the fuller implications of Evangelicalism among the sophisticated who could perhaps have been ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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