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Elusive Cries And Half-heard Whispers

Caroline Moore THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY REVOLUTION by Christopher Hill Allen Lane, £25, pp. 466 H istory, the dedication to this book asserts, is 'about......

The Loss

Dismay and grief contend for room. The upper hand is gained at first by grief; this much I understand. It has colour and a shape familiar to the eye. The taste is sharp: the......