 They recognised no title to superiority but his favour; and confident of that favour, they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world. If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1897 - 660 pages
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but his favor ; and, confident ofthat favor, they despised all the accomplishments and all the...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 682 pages
...between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish, when compared with the boundless interval which separated the whole race from him on...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 248 pages
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but his favor; and, confident of that favor, 20 they despised all the accomplishments and all the...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded 25 in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 190 pages
...superiority but his favor; and, confident of that favor, they despised all the accom-10 plishments and all the dignities of the world. If they were unacquainted...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | John Beattie Crozier - 1898 - 626 pages
...the eloquence of the superficial but highly coloured antithesis in his description of the Puritans, ' If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 236 pages
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but his favor ; and, confident of that favor, they despised all the accomplishments and all the...poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. It their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded... | |
 | John Beattie Crozier - 1898 - 626 pages
...the eloquence of the superficial but highly coloured antithesis in his description of the Puritans, ' If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers...names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 280 pages
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but his favor ; and, confident of that favor, so they despised all the accomplishments and all the...they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their 5 names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - 1899 - 390 pages
...They recognized no title to superiority but His favor ; and, confident of that favor, they despised all the dignities of the world If they were unacquainted...oracles of God. If their names were not found in the register of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 216 pages
...between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish, when compared with the boundless interval which separated the whole race from him on...superiority but his favour ; and, confident of that favour, 10 they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world. If they were unacquainted... | |
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