Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 49
... Puritans , the most re- markable body of men , perhaps , which the world has ever produced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may read them ; nor have there been wanting attentive and ...
... Puritans , the most re- markable body of men , perhaps , which the world has ever produced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may read them ; nor have there been wanting attentive and ...
Pagina 50
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 52
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 53
... Puritans . We perceive the absurdity of their man- We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits . We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often injured by straining after things too high for mortal reach : and we know ...
... Puritans . We perceive the absurdity of their man- We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits . We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often injured by straining after things too high for mortal reach : and we know ...
Pagina 55
... Puritans . Their manners were more engaging , their tempers more amiable , their tastes more elegant , and their households more cheerful . Milton did not strictly belong to any of the classes which we have described . He was not a Puritan ...
... Puritans . Their manners were more engaging , their tempers more amiable , their tastes more elegant , and their households more cheerful . Milton did not strictly belong to any of the classes which we have described . He was not a Puritan ...
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