 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 - Pagina 16door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 744 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1832 - 852 pagina’s
...— the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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 pagina’s
...men — the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other, proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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... | |
 | 1825 - 582 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 596 pagina’s
...men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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... | |
 | 1826 - 432 pagina’s
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 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pagina’s
...men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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 - 1828 - 414 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pagina’s
...the one, all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion — the other, proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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 pagina’s
...men, the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before...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... | |
 | 1836 - 332 pagina’s
...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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