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This is even more clearly apparent in The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, which
appeared in 1680. Again a moral tract, its purpose is to describe “the life and
death of the ungodly, and of their travel from this world to hell.” But this time there
is ...
This is even more clearly apparent in The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, which
appeared in 1680. Again a moral tract, its purpose is to describe “the life and
death of the ungodly, and of their travel from this world to hell.” But this time there
is ...
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Attentive: Pray, how was he in his death? Was death strong upon him, or did he
die with ease, quietly? Wiseman: As quietly as a lamb. There seemed not to be in
it, to standers by, so much as a strong struggle of nature. And as for his mind, ...
Attentive: Pray, how was he in his death? Was death strong upon him, or did he
die with ease, quietly? Wiseman: As quietly as a lamb. There seemed not to be in
it, to standers by, so much as a strong struggle of nature. And as for his mind, ...
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the idea “is that of a young person conscious of a great capacity for life, but early
stricken and doomed, condemned to death under short respite, while also
enamored of the world; aware moreover of the condemnation and passionately ...
the idea “is that of a young person conscious of a great capacity for life, but early
stricken and doomed, condemned to death under short respite, while also
enamored of the world; aware moreover of the condemnation and passionately ...
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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