Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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Page 197
... Burnet's that of the liberal Anglican of the school of Whichcote and Smith . Burnet's technique in argument is to make religion appear not as a body of doctrine imposed from above by a supernatural tyrant , but as an inward spiritual ...
... Burnet's that of the liberal Anglican of the school of Whichcote and Smith . Burnet's technique in argument is to make religion appear not as a body of doctrine imposed from above by a supernatural tyrant , but as an inward spiritual ...
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... Burnet to give certain messages to his old friends , ' which very well became a dying Penitent ' , and gave him also ' a Charge to pub- lish any thing concerning him , that might be a mean to reclaim others ' . He questioned Burnet ...
... Burnet to give certain messages to his old friends , ' which very well became a dying Penitent ' , and gave him also ' a Charge to pub- lish any thing concerning him , that might be a mean to reclaim others ' . He questioned Burnet ...
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... Burnet observed one change in his conversation . He had given up his old habit of swear- ing entirely . During the previous winter , Burnet had noticed that he could not speak with any warmth without ' repeated Oaths , which upon almost ...
... Burnet observed one change in his conversation . He had given up his old habit of swear- ing entirely . During the previous winter , Burnet had noticed that he could not speak with any warmth without ' repeated Oaths , which upon almost ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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