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... human existence quite aside from the Christian promise of eternal life . The greater part of " Thanatopsis " is a summary catalogue of these consolations , both human and natural , which are sufficient to sustain and soothe the ...
... human existence quite aside from the Christian promise of eternal life . The greater part of " Thanatopsis " is a summary catalogue of these consolations , both human and natural , which are sufficient to sustain and soothe the ...
Page 79
... human life . Like the seventeenth - century divine , Bryant prefaced his rational consideration of the human plight with an appeal to a higher authority , and he concluded it with a direct application to the moral life . This simple ...
... human life . Like the seventeenth - century divine , Bryant prefaced his rational consideration of the human plight with an appeal to a higher authority , and he concluded it with a direct application to the moral life . This simple ...
Page 127
... human life and connects all the varieties of human feeling within the work of creation.30 At their worst , these " analogies , " as they occur in Bryant's poetry , could be contrived and sentimental . Sometimes they come within the ...
... human life and connects all the varieties of human feeling within the work of creation.30 At their worst , these " analogies , " as they occur in Bryant's poetry , could be contrived and sentimental . Sometimes they come within the ...
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