by the right of an earlier creation and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a. mysterious and terrible importance belonged; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 páginas
...palaces were houses not made with hands : their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away I On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests,...politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on bis account. For his sake, empires hud risen, and flourished, and decayed ; for his sake, the Almighty... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 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...continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 5. Events, which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1853 - 120 páginas
...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 7. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to...decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed liis will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet He had been rescued by no ccnunon... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 354 páginas
...importance belonged—on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxiosn interest, who had been destined, before heaven and...earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. 7. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed... | |
 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 412 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...short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had beca ordained on his account. For his sake, empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...ministering angels had charge over ihem Their palaces were houses not made * Goruuleinm« Liberata, xr. 57. with hands: their diadems crowns of glory which...short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes had been ordumcd on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the... | |
 | 1856 - 428 páginas
...a being to whose fate, a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake, empire« had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake, the Almighty had proclaimed his will... | |
 | 1856 - 598 páginas
...them was a being to whom a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...felicity which should continue when heaven and earth have passed away. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake, the Almighty... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible import, anee belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue vhen heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 páginas
...treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, anil priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaveu and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly... | |
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