In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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... grace , would clearly guide man's steps , one notices in this steady development of man's inability to see the right way through dangers an undercur- rent of Cowper's resentment , or at least suspicion , of God's purposes with respect ...
... grace , would clearly guide man's steps , one notices in this steady development of man's inability to see the right way through dangers an undercur- rent of Cowper's resentment , or at least suspicion , of God's purposes with respect ...
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... grace The heart's insanity admits no cure . ( " The Winter Walk at Noon , " 521-3 ) Cowper here makes a distinction ( much emphasized in Mr. Fausset's study ) which superficially is to his own advantage , in the light of his bouts of ...
... grace The heart's insanity admits no cure . ( " The Winter Walk at Noon , " 521-3 ) Cowper here makes a distinction ( much emphasized in Mr. Fausset's study ) which superficially is to his own advantage , in the light of his bouts of ...
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... grace , the converted man is free ; and he is free who looks at nature and delights because his Father made it . Freedom is of course freedom from stultification , from rule by man's deluded passions — it is the highest form of ...
... grace , the converted man is free ; and he is free who looks at nature and delights because his Father made it . Freedom is of course freedom from stultification , from rule by man's deluded passions — it is the highest form of ...
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