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... less unpopular his views would appear ; it is significant that when Hamilton appealed from the Kirk Session to the ... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a ...
... less unpopular his views would appear ; it is significant that when Hamilton appealed from the Kirk Session to the ... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a ...
Page 163
... less , cheerful view of life . The theme is a mood rather than a philosophy , a mood of defiance of the rich and of happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the ...
... less , cheerful view of life . The theme is a mood rather than a philosophy , a mood of defiance of the rich and of happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the ...
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... less on the music is " Thou Ling'ring Star with Less'ning Ray ' , sometimes entitled " To Mary in Heaven ' and in the Scots Musical Museum ( volume three ) entitled ' My Mary , Dear Departed Shade ' . This poem is written wholly in ...
... less on the music is " Thou Ling'ring Star with Less'ning Ray ' , sometimes entitled " To Mary in Heaven ' and in the Scots Musical Museum ( volume three ) entitled ' My Mary , Dear Departed Shade ' . This poem is written wholly in ...
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