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" Thus the 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 16
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pages
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The Christian Observer, Volume 31

Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...proclaimed his will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common...self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, culm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot...
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The Baptist Magazine, Volume 17

Baptists - 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...passion ; the other, proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious, lie prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker: but he set bis foot on the neck of his king. In...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 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...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 convulsions, and...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...had arisen — that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings and death of the Saviour of the world. Thus, the Puritan was made up of two different men;...prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of angels, or the tempting whispers...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 420 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...calm, inflexible, 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,...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the ...

Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and nourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed...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, he prayed with...
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The Young men's magazine, Volumes 1-2

British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered...passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half maddened...
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The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, Volume 12

Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the Spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; bul he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...
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The Independent magazine (ed. by J. Fletcher)., Volume 1

J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered...— the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, groans, and tears. He was half maddened by...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...common deliverer, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agonv, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him...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...
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