Their palaces were houses not made with hands, their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. 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,... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 páginas
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...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... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 páginas
...were houses not made with hands : their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away 1 4. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests,...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| William Anderson (D.D.) - 1866 - 354 páginas
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...eloquent in a more sublime language — nobles by right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 páginas
...angels had charge over them. 3. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged—on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| 1868 - 978 páginas
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose •lightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...angels had charge of them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 88 páginas
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces 35 were houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and...the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the 5 imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and... | |
| 1897 - 660 páginas
...lade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt: tor they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure,...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... | |
| William Swinton - 1897 - 682 páginas
...is the figure of speech ? (See Def. M.) 50-52. Inntead . . . faee. What is the figure of speech? 435 which should never fade away ! On the rich and the...a more sublime language — nobles by the right of an?1 earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was... | |
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