Thus the 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 the neck of his king. Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1832 - 852 pages
...different men; — the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the; beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he then with the see]... | |
| 1825 - 570 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two différent men — the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| 1825 - 582 pages
...prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker: but he set bis foot on the neck of his king. In bis devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| 1826 - 596 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! " Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself entrusted... | |
| 1826 - 432 pages
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| Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set GO his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatifick fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring 55 God! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set 60 his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...the sufferings and death of the Saviour of the world. Thus, the Puritan was made up of two different men; the one, all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,...prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of angels, or the tempting whispers... | |
| 1835 - 932 pages
...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude,...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
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