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The entire book is presented as a dream sequence narrated by an omniscient narrator.The allegory's protagonist, Christian, is an everyman character, and the plot centres on his journey from his hometown, the "City of Destruction" ("this world"), to the "Celestial City" ("that which is to come": Heaven) atop Mount Zion.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The book's heavy emphasis on application is typical of Puritan writing. The book is systematically partitioned into twelve sections and thirty subsections, with the majority of the book (169 pages) contained within the twenty-four subsections of section 4: Showing the Characteristics of a Godly Man. The sections and subsections are as follows: 1.
The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel is a 1935 novel by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. Set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut, Boston, and England, in and around Oxford, it relates the life of Oliver Alden, the descendant of an old Boston family. Santayana wrote of the novel that "it gives ...
The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification was first published in 1692 after Marshall's death. The book is divided into fourteen sections that Marshall called directions. In the first direction, Marshall asserts that "sanctification, whereby our hearts and lives are conformed to the law, is a grace of God that He communicates to us by means."
In the book's early part, the dominant Fitzgeralds make use of their alliance with the ruthless Catholic Bishop Julius to hit at their rivals. They get Philbert Cobley burned as a heretic for conducting a Protestant service and drive the Willards virtually bankrupt by strictly enforcing anti-usury laws which are usually regarded as a legal ...
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The First Book of the Chronicles 2 Chronicles: 2 Paralipomenon: 2 Paralipomenon: The Second Book of the Chronicles Ezra: 1 Esdrae: 1 Esdras: Ezra Nehemiah: Nehemiae also known as 2 Esdrae: 2 Esdras: The Book of Nehemiah Esther: Esther 1,1 – 10,3: Esther 1:1 – 10:3: The Book of Esther Job: Job: Job: The Book of Job Psalms: Psalmi: Psalms ...