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... death , to make it no evil , which was approached with so much cheerfulness and attended with so much honour . But when we turn our thoughts from the great parts of life on such oc- casions , and , instead of lamenting those who stood ...
... death , to make it no evil , which was approached with so much cheerfulness and attended with so much honour . But when we turn our thoughts from the great parts of life on such oc- casions , and , instead of lamenting those who stood ...
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Cecil Albert Moore. mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the portress of Hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey de- scribed as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory is broken . That Sin and Death ...
Cecil Albert Moore. mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the portress of Hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey de- scribed as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory is broken . That Sin and Death ...
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... death . MRS . KNOWLES : " Nay , thou should'st not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " JOHNSON ( standing upon the hearth rolling about , with a seri- ous , solemn , and somewhat gloomy air ) : “ No rational man can die ...
... death . MRS . KNOWLES : " Nay , thou should'st not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " JOHNSON ( standing upon the hearth rolling about , with a seri- ous , solemn , and somewhat gloomy air ) : “ No rational man can die ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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