 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,...  The Baptist Magazine - Page 5161825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | New-York Historical Society - 1844 - 492 pages
...The men who " on the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests looked down with contempt ;" who " esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure,...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand,"* would not then, perhaps, have landed, unbefriended and unwelcomed, " on a stern and rock-bound coast... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1844 - 266 pages
...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...with contempt, for they esteemed themselves rich in the possession of a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, — nobles by... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...ih? rich and the eloquent, on nobles and pritA they looked down with contempt: for шеу» teemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime latguage, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightierhani... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! 5. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...and, priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. 6. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 484 pages
...eloquent, upon nobles and upon priests, with contempt, esteeming themselves rich in a more enduring treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language,...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand," — was magnificent. And with a like power has he since depicted Dryden and Machiavelli, Byron and... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 pages
...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...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent iu a more sublime language, — nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 500 pages
...and upon priests, with contempt, esteeming themselves rich in a more enduring treasure, and eloqueut in a more sublime language, — nobles by the right...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand," — was magnificent. And with a like power has he since depicted Dryden and Machiavelli, Byron and... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...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...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the Spirits of >light and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...Gcrnulemme I.lbertU, XT. ST. with hands: their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the im. He knew how unscrupulous, how implacable, would...the good part; and he called up all the force of his a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and... | |
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