 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...  The Baptist Magazine - Page 5171825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 658 pages
...was {'or 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...God. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different VOL. LE men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion, the other proud, calm, inflexible,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...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...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. In... | |
 | Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for hini that the sun had been darkened,* that the rocks had been rent,...the sufferings of her expiring God. Thus the Puritan wag made up of two different men, the pne all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the Qther... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1854 - 108 pages
...by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rojsks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that all...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God. * * » 9. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs a eoolness of judgment, and an immutability... | |
 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 412 pages
...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...Puritan was made up of two different men — the one self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inllexible, sagacious. Ho prostrated... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pages
...sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of...passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself before his Maker, but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...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...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God I Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men : the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 pages
...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 hnd arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God! " Thus the Puritan... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...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...penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, indexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; but he set his foot on the... | |
 | 1856 - 598 pages
...the sweat of no vulgar agony — by the bloofl of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened ; that the rocks had been rent ;...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God !" Undoubtedly the eloquent writer was sufficiently intent on bis antitheses, but in the highest and... | |
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