 Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, 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.  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement...screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he then with the see] year. Like I the bitterness had hid his •when he took or girt on his tempestuous... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre; of the niilleiininl year. Like Fleetwood, he cried, in the bitterness... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker: but he set bis foot on the neck of his king. In bis devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with Ibe sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, ho cried, in the bitterness... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : But he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself entrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millenial year. ' Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set GO his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatifick fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Great Britain - 1830 - 592 pages
...frenzies, is not denied. The more exalted Puritan of the two which formed the one, is described. " He heard the lyres of angels or the tempting whispers...or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire !" The fairy tales of the Countess D'Anois, that charming writer of innocent inventions, do not equal... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bilterness... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 420 pages
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in Ihe dust before his Maker : but he set 60 his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific (55 vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before hfs Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement,...tears. He was half maddened by glorious or terrible illusionsHe heard the lyres of angels, or the temptmg whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam ot beatific... | |
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