 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their 35 charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their, raptures and their sorrows, but n6t for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms....and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lest its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their...and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. and writing an exact man. Enthusiast* had made them stoics, had cleared their mindi from every vulgar passion and prejudice,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itsfilf pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors and. pleasure its charms....and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms....and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 120 pages
...itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. 11. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures...and prejudice, and raised them above the influence or danger of corruption. CHAPTER XII. THE FUGITIVES. [COLLINS.] In fair Circassia, where to love inclined... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms....and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
 | Edward Lutwyche Parker - Derry (N.H. : Town) - 1851 - 464 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms....their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. They had their minds cleared of every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised above the influence... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors and pleasure its charms....and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them lo pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means.... | |
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... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death... 
