The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... faith -that lovely flower of the soul which is rooted in the fertile soil of humility and is watered by the life - giving dew of grace - one does not wonder that Bacon , whose eyes were not lifted above the things of earth , seems to ...
... faith -that lovely flower of the soul which is rooted in the fertile soil of humility and is watered by the life - giving dew of grace - one does not wonder that Bacon , whose eyes were not lifted above the things of earth , seems to ...
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... Faith and Works , Though in my Intellect I may divide them : just as in the Candle , I know there is both Light and Heat . But yet put out the Candle , and they are both gone ; one remains not without the other : So it is betwixt faith ...
... Faith and Works , Though in my Intellect I may divide them : just as in the Candle , I know there is both Light and Heat . But yet put out the Candle , and they are both gone ; one remains not without the other : So it is betwixt faith ...
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Eleanore (Sister Mary). without the other : So it is betwixt faith and works . Nay , in a right Conception , Fides est opus ; if I believe a thing because I am commanded , that is Opus . ” Evi- dently Selden knew how to employ " flowers ...
Eleanore (Sister Mary). without the other : So it is betwixt faith and works . Nay , in a right Conception , Fides est opus ; if I believe a thing because I am commanded , that is Opus . ” Evi- dently Selden knew how to employ " flowers ...
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... exhausting demands on the intelligence of his reader . His demands are indeed above reason ; they reach into the high , clear air of faith . What wonder if many a reader , shivering in the talons of this 44 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... exhausting demands on the intelligence of his reader . His demands are indeed above reason ; they reach into the high , clear air of faith . What wonder if many a reader , shivering in the talons of this 44 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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... faith of a Catholic who walks with God . In his case serenity and ardent , un- resting impetuosity were not incompatible . If his faith was ever troubled , it was only by an upward leap to- ward fuller vision . On the part of this ...
... faith of a Catholic who walks with God . In his case serenity and ardent , un- resting impetuosity were not incompatible . If his faith was ever troubled , it was only by an upward leap to- ward fuller vision . On the part of this ...
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