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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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death . In London she enters a corner of English society which Herbert Read has
called " a little gamy . ” She meets the vibrantly brilliant Kate Croy , who
introduces her to a young journalist , Merton Densher . Milly has met him in New
York ...
death . In London she enters a corner of English society which Herbert Read has
called " a little gamy . ” She meets the vibrantly brilliant Kate Croy , who
introduces her to a young journalist , Merton Densher . Milly has met him in New
York ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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