 The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event...  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 62by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging,...inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious... | |
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 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
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