 Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory which shall 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,...  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 74by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1915 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...over them. 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...earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier Hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance... | |
 | 1820 - 590 pages
...and they ought to feel, — what lias been eloquently said of the Puritans too — " that they are nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But to return ; as all who are in advance of the body of the community are necessarily... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...were houses not made with han<\&: their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On tbe rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests they...earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate * rnjs520 ' .¡..us and terrible... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...not made with hands: their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away! On the rich :ind the eloquent, on nobles and priests they looked down...earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a ni3s620 521 tenons and terrible... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...over them. 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...earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...their diadems crowns of glory, which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobks and priests, they looked down with contempt: For they esteemed themselves rich in a more preciottS treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language; nobles by the right of an earlier creation,... | |
 | Orville Dewey - Election sermons - 1826 - 44 pages
...feel, and they ought to feel,—what has been eloquently said of the Puritans too—" that they are nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But to return ; as all who are in advance of the body of the community are necessarily... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...them. Their palaces were houses 30 not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on...esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and elo35 quent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Great Britain - 1830 - 592 pages
...these men of whom our Modern Critic "noblemen and priests" in their own seraphic way, for " they were nobles by the right of an earlier creation and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." If their biblical names were not " registered at the Heralds'-college, they were... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...them. 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...an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition (/ a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance... | |
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