 He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the...  John Milton: An Essay - Page 70by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 81 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his... | |
 | 1825 - 582 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was fur him that the smi had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...men— the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other, proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious, lie prostrated himself in the dust before... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two différent men — the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other, proud, calm,... | |
 | 1826 - 596 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...been ransomed by, the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! • * i Edinburgh Review.... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...nature 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,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring 55 God ! Thus the Puritan was made up of two different...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1830 - 592 pages
...developing mere human truths where beatitude is placed before us. The modern critic has discovered that " the Puritan was made up of two different men ; the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious." In this dual man, one was he who would dash... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God !" Example 18. "Frequency is indeed necessary for the breeding, the nourishment, the growth and improvement... | |
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