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Page 119
... suggested to me that there was nothing wanted but murder , to fill up the measures of my iniquities ; and that , though I had failed in my design , yet I had all the guilt of that crime to answer for . A sense of God's wrath , and a ...
... suggested to me that there was nothing wanted but murder , to fill up the measures of my iniquities ; and that , though I had failed in my design , yet I had all the guilt of that crime to answer for . A sense of God's wrath , and a ...
Page 121
... suggest there is no warrant for suggesting - that to Madan can be imputed any charge of originally turning Cowper's mind inward upon itself : at all events , it is manifestly absurd to make Newton the scapegoat ! Not only had Cowper not ...
... suggest there is no warrant for suggesting - that to Madan can be imputed any charge of originally turning Cowper's mind inward upon itself : at all events , it is manifestly absurd to make Newton the scapegoat ! Not only had Cowper not ...
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... suggestion : but it is going far beyond our present under- standing of mental disorders to suggest that psychological methods might , in a case like Cowper's , be 126 William Cowper.
... suggestion : but it is going far beyond our present under- standing of mental disorders to suggest that psychological methods might , in a case like Cowper's , be 126 William Cowper.
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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