These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their... Reviews, Essays, and Poems - Página 26por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1058 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1825 - 570 páginas
...field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and au immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| 1825 - 582 páginas
...and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers huvc thought inconsistent with their religious zeal ; but...and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure ils charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for tho... | |
| 1826 - 596 páginas
...brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose wnich some writers have thought inconsistent with their...One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself D and hatred, ambition and fear. Death lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 páginas
...of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and thenwhining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 páginas
...judgment, and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their 80 religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary...ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasf*5 ure is charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject, made them tranquil'on every other. One overpowering sentiment, had subjected...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared theif minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| 1835 - 932 páginas
...Fleetwood, he cried in the bilterness of his soul that God had hid his face from him. But when he look his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, and cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| 1836 - 332 páginas
...reason to laugh, who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoies, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 páginas
...lyres of angels, or the tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or awoke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane,...raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, and cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 páginas
...reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. 10. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness...Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. 11. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things... | |
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