John Wesley and the Evangelical Reaction of the Eighteenth CenturyMacMillan and Company, 1870 - 412 pages |
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... influence of a par- ticular man upon his age . Hence the background to the central figure is treated with an attention which will seem out of proportion to the slightness of the whole sketch , unless it is constantly borne in mind that ...
... influence of a par- ticular man upon his age . Hence the background to the central figure is treated with an attention which will seem out of proportion to the slightness of the whole sketch , unless it is constantly borne in mind that ...
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... influence upon him was strong , and her resemblance to him remarkable ; his logical intellect and fearless honesty are recalled by all her letters , and she seems , like him , to have been wanting in ten- derness and in a sense of ...
... influence upon him was strong , and her resemblance to him remarkable ; his logical intellect and fearless honesty are recalled by all her letters , and she seems , like him , to have been wanting in ten- derness and in a sense of ...
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... influence on his character because he only heard of it . His home , during his school - days , was the scene of some disturbances which have never been satisfactorily explained . The winter of 1716 was the period at which these ...
... influence on his character because he only heard of it . His home , during his school - days , was the scene of some disturbances which have never been satisfactorily explained . The winter of 1716 was the period at which these ...
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... influence for evil , if we might judge from the squibs of the day , was more active , and , largely as we should allow for the exaggeration of such literature , we cannot but conclude that deep drinking was as likely to be the result of ...
... influence for evil , if we might judge from the squibs of the day , was more active , and , largely as we should allow for the exaggeration of such literature , we cannot but conclude that deep drinking was as likely to be the result of ...
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... influence on which we can reckon most certainly is that of reaction . The hard external code and needless restrictions of Methodism should be regarded with reference to what Wesley saw in the years he spent in that abode of talent ...
... influence on which we can reckon most certainly is that of reaction . The hard external code and needless restrictions of Methodism should be regarded with reference to what Wesley saw in the years he spent in that abode of talent ...
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