 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 - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 582 pages
...were houses not made with han<\&: their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On tbe rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests they...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate * rnjs520 ' .¡..us and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...not made with hands: their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away! On the rich :ind the eloquent, on nobles and priests they looked down...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a ni3s620 521 tenons and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light... | |
 | 1826 - 596 pages
...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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...and priests, they looked down with contempt: For they esteemed themselves rich in a more preciottS treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language;...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mfysteirious and terrible importance belonged-*-ori'-^*hbse slightest action the spirits of light and... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...down with contempt: for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and elo35 quent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light 40 and darkness looked with... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses 30 not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the rich and...esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and elo40 and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...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...an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition (/ a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...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... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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... | |
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