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Roman Catholic divines and many Protestant
He has been praised alike by Roman Catholic divines and many Protestant Christians not of the Anglican Church.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

Randolph Caldecott died a minor poet
When Randolph Caldecott died, a minor poet, unconsciously paraphrasing Garrick's epitaph, wrote: "For loss of him the laughter of the children will grow less."
— from Children's Books and Their Illustrators by Gleeson White

remoter complicated desires and mental processes
But it was their remoter, complicated desires and mental processes that obfuscated him.
— from The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London

Redeemer calmly describing and minutely picturing
The fact, then, that in this solemn passage of Scripture we find the Redeemer calmly describing and minutely picturing the condition of two persons in the future world, distinctly specifying the points of difference between them, putting words into their mouths that indicate a sad and hopeless experience in one of them, and a glad and happy one in the other of them,—the fact that in this treatment of the awful theme our Lord, beyond all controversy, conveys the impression that these scenes and experiences are real and true,—is one of the strongest of all proofs that they are so.
— from Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd


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