A philosopher might admire so noble a conception ; but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their... Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 432edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
| William Mackergo Taylor - Presbyterian Church - 1879 - 410 pages
..." It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...synagogue, and the doubts of the academy, and the fasces of the lictor, and the swords of thirty legions were humbled in the dust.". By his very gentleness... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English - 1880 - 844 pages
...minds. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...of thirty legions, were humbled in the dust. Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph, the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 pages
...minds. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...of thirty legions, were humbled in the dust. Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph, the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it.... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...minds. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, ica 9 9 9 LORD MACAULAY: Milton, Aug. 1825. The Saviour of mankind himself, in whose blameless life malice could... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Crafts - 1880 - 252 pages
...worshippers. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...swords of thirty legions, were humbled in the dust." There is a certain school of thinkers who believe that " the development of man commences with natural... | |
| Heaton Edward Von Stürmer - Sermons, English - 1880 - 220 pages
...refers to the same thing. Gibbon however fails to give an adequate cause. It is not enough to be told that " the prejudices of the synagogue, and the doubts...the Lictor, and the swords of thirty legions were all humbled in the dust before Christianity " ; we need to be reminded, that it was "before Deity,... | |
| English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...minds. It was before Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...of thirty legions, were humbled in the dust ! Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph, the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it.... | |
| California - 1881 - 592 pages
...walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, sharing in their joys, leaning on their bosoms, slumbering in the manger, bleeding on the cross, that...the fasces of the lictor, and the swords of thirty le£»ni were humbled in the dust." To realize what Christianity has done for women, look back on the... | |
| George Claude Lorimer - Baptists - 1881 - 388 pages
...bleeding on the cross, that the prejudices of tho synagogue, and the doubts of THE INCARNATION. 141 the academy, and the pride of the portico, and the...swords of thirty legions, were humbled in the dust." The people of all classes and conditions realized that however fallen and degraded they were, God had... | |
| George Claude Lorimer - Baptists - 1881 - 388 pages
...It was before the Deity embodied in a human form, walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves,...manger, bleeding on the cross, that the prejudices of tho synagogue, and the doubts of the academy, and the pride of the portico, and the fasces . of the... | |
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