 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, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1832 - 852 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier Hand. The...terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before... | |
 | 1825 - 570 páginas
...being to whose fate a ni3s620 521 tenons and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should liave passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to «•ai'thly... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 páginas
...being to whose fate a mfysteirious and terrible importance belonged-*-ori'-^*hbse slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events, which shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly... | |
 | 1826 - 596 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the Spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 páginas
...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 páginas
...treasure, and elo35 quent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light 40 and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 páginas
...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language ; nobles, by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest ; who had been destined before... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest — who had been destined, before... | |
 | 1835 - 932 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action to spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before... | |
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