Their palaces were houses not made with hands, their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure,... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 páginas
...palaces were houses licit made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fad,o- away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| 1855 - 424 páginas
...should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN. they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| Henry Whitney Bellows - 1855 - 156 páginas
...the register of heralds, they felt assured they were recorded in the book of life. On the rich and eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." These were the ancestors of our New-England fathers. Nerved and emboldened with the inspiration that... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1855 - 480 páginas
...of those who " looked down with contempt on the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and on priests — for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But, since, the giddy effects of success and the chilling influences of the world have combined to... | |
| Henry Whitney Bellows - 1855 - 154 páginas
...the register of heralds, they felt assured they were recorded in the book of life. On the rich and eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down...a more sublime language; nobles by the right of an t.arlicr creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." These were the ancestors of our... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 páginas
...Their palaces were houses not made * Gerusalemme Liberata, XT. 57. with hands: their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away! On the rich and...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged—on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| 1856 - 428 páginas
...never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt t for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious...priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very muantst of them was a being to whose fate, a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, — on whose... | |
| 1856 - 598 páginas
...which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down, for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious...priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very humblest of them was a being to whom a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1857 - 384 páginas
...contempt on the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and on priests — for they esteemed themselves rich i» a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But, since, the giddy effects of success and the chilling influences of the world have combined to... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 272 páginas
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away! On the rich and...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged—on whose slightest action the Spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
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