Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16de Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 páginas
...one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or awoke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated -himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. 9. Like Vane,f he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood,f... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; bul he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleelwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 páginas
...other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, groans, and tears. He was half maddened by glorious...fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or awoke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he.set i0 his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific 15 vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 páginas
...himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set *0 his foot on the neck of the king. In his dev6lional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans,...whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific 15 vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker, but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...illusions. He heard the lyres of angels or the tempting whispjrs of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
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