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Page 73
... earlier times ' history ' was the story of God's dealing with man on earth . Cosmic time began at the Creation but Eden was timeless and in a special sense time on earth began for man with his fall from grace . Thence it moved down ...
... earlier times ' history ' was the story of God's dealing with man on earth . Cosmic time began at the Creation but Eden was timeless and in a special sense time on earth began for man with his fall from grace . Thence it moved down ...
Page 98
... earlier theological writing in French on the ' shepherd ' theme ; now explored the metaphor of the shepherd in terms of the sacral universe . ( In a way he was providing a Christian gloss for Vergil's pastoral , as Renaissance scholars ...
... earlier theological writing in French on the ' shepherd ' theme ; now explored the metaphor of the shepherd in terms of the sacral universe . ( In a way he was providing a Christian gloss for Vergil's pastoral , as Renaissance scholars ...
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... earlier is completed with happy outcome for a victim . In that encounter a rash act , even if done on a generous impulse , had found the knight unwary and his horse and spear have been stolen . ' Patience perforce ' he must proceed on ...
... earlier is completed with happy outcome for a victim . In that encounter a rash act , even if done on a generous impulse , had found the knight unwary and his horse and spear have been stolen . ' Patience perforce ' he must proceed on ...
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