Thus the 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 - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...different men; — the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the; beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he then with the see]... | |
| 1825 - 570 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two différent men — the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker: but he set bis foot on the neck of his king. In bis devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! " Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself entrusted... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set GO his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatifick fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring 55 God! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set 60 his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and... | |
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...the sufferings and death of the Saviour of the world. Thus, the Puritan was made up of two different men; the one, all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of angels, or the tempting whispers... | |
| 1835 - 932 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...passion; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before hfs Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king....tears. He was half maddened by glorious or terrible illusionsHe heard the lyres of angels, or the temptmg whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam ot beatific... | |
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