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... important constituents of romanticism , a new sense of history , of people retaining their ancient traditions through long periods of time , and expressing them in poetry and song on long winter evenings , and all this taking place ...
... important constituents of romanticism , a new sense of history , of people retaining their ancient traditions through long periods of time , and expressing them in poetry and song on long winter evenings , and all this taking place ...
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... important checks upon excessive population remained what they had always been throughout history , namely famines , plagues , wars and disease . He was thus opposed to the system of Poor Relief , as an encouragement to early marriage ...
... important checks upon excessive population remained what they had always been throughout history , namely famines , plagues , wars and disease . He was thus opposed to the system of Poor Relief , as an encouragement to early marriage ...
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... important though the achievement was , it was always subsidiary to the main object of his career . To him the most important thing was not that a man should be free from slavery , but that he should have a living faith in Jesus Christ ...
... important though the achievement was , it was always subsidiary to the main object of his career . To him the most important thing was not that a man should be free from slavery , but that he should have a living faith in Jesus Christ ...
Contents
Contents Acknowledgements 6 | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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