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... suffering . The Hebrew prophets saw the sufferings of their people , especially their con- quest and exile , as punishment for wrongdoing . Now it is one thing to say that society as a whole will suffer in the long run if its members ...
... suffering . The Hebrew prophets saw the sufferings of their people , especially their con- quest and exile , as punishment for wrongdoing . Now it is one thing to say that society as a whole will suffer in the long run if its members ...
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... suffering now , but he seems to backtrack in his conclusion , when he reassures Job that if he has been virtuous all ... suffer him to take his breath ? Then comes the crux of Job's case : If it is a matter of strength , yes , he is ...
... suffering now , but he seems to backtrack in his conclusion , when he reassures Job that if he has been virtuous all ... suffer him to take his breath ? Then comes the crux of Job's case : If it is a matter of strength , yes , he is ...
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... suffering . This is religious poetry of a deeply personal kind , yet not personal in the Tennysonian brooding manner , nor indeed in the manner of the metaphysical religious poets of the seven- teenth century , though Hopkins has more ...
... suffering . This is religious poetry of a deeply personal kind , yet not personal in the Tennysonian brooding manner , nor indeed in the manner of the metaphysical religious poets of the seven- teenth century , though Hopkins has more ...
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Adam Adam's antinomian argument argument from design Arnold beauty belief Book of Job Burns Burns's C.S. Lewis called Calvinist Canto century Christ Christian creed Dante Dante's darkness death deism divine doctrine earth Edwin Muir English eternal evil experience expression faith Fall feeling Gifford Lectures glory God's goes grace hast Heaven Hebrew Hopkins Hugh MacDiarmid human imagery images imagination innocent James Thomson Job's justice kind language lecture literature Lord MacDiarmid man's meaning Milton mind mood moral moving mystery Nature never night orthodox Paradise Lost paradox poem poet poet's poetic poetry praise Psalm reader reality religion religious Sangschaw Satan Scotland Scottish seems sense sing speech stanza Stevens suffering suggest symbolic tells Tennyson thee theodicy theology things Thomson thou thought tion tradition truth universe Victorian poet vision visionary voice W.B. Yeats Wallace Stevens Whitman wicked words