People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of... Essay on Milton - Page 77by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1914 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1825 - 570 pages
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had lelt no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing...little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a... | |
| Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had Ictt no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing...but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from Kinn but their groans and tbeir whining hymns, might laugh at them ; but those had litllc reason to... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and thenwhining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, 70 or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had 75 little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall... | |
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a... | |
| 1835 - 932 pages
...But when he look his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness... | |
| Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing of the Puritans but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...But when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness... | |
| Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempcstous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them....heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of... | |
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