. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . H HB IBBS H ■ ■ ■ I HI 1.,».; ■ ■ am ■ Hie HI ■ip.,/^* ■. PREFACE. By ALEXANDER SMITH, AUTHOR OF DREAMTHORP, ETC. [ipPJjgOHN BUNYAN has written his biography inRSI g£| brief in the sentence which opens The Pil-ljpk*^g|| grims Progrefs—As I walked through thewildernefs of this world, I lighted on a certain place wherethere was a den, and I laid me down in that place tosleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. He dreamedhis dream ; he told it in the moft childlike way j and nowthe world will as soon forget Shakfpeare as it will forgethim
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . H HB IBBS H ■ ■ ■ I HI 1.,».; ■ ■ am ■ Hie HI ■ip.,/^* ■. PREFACE. By ALEXANDER SMITH, AUTHOR OF DREAMTHORP, ETC. [ipPJjgOHN BUNYAN has written his biography inRSI g£| brief in the sentence which opens The Pil-ljpk*^g|| grims Progrefs—As I walked through thewildernefs of this world, I lighted on a certain place wherethere was a den, and I laid me down in that place tosleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. He dreamedhis dream ; he told it in the moft childlike way j and nowthe world will as soon forget Shakfpeare as it will forgethim. He is the prince of dreamers, as Homer is theprince of poets. The scenery of his virion has becomefamiliar as the scenery which surrounds our homes. We VI PREFACE. know the whole courfe of the journey—from the City ofDeftrucfion to the Slough of Defpond; paft the Houfe ofthe Interpreter; up Hill Difficulty; the meeting ofChriftian with the Maidens, Piety, Prudence, and Charity ;Chriftians reft in the large upper chamber whole win-dow opened toward the sun-riling, the name of whichchamber was Peace j the
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