 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker: but he set his foot on thep / frori dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial... | |
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...In his devotional retirement he prayed with convulsions and groans and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the scepter of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 104 pages
...groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of ao angels, or the tempting whispers of fiends. He caught...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the scepter of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Authors, English - 1893 - 256 pages
...dust before his Maker; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional re15 tirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears....Vis'ion, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting 20 fire. Like' Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 244 pages
...dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional re15 tirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears....Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting 20 fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood,... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1893 - 358 pages
...his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres...dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1893 - 360 pages
...his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres...tempting whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the Beatif1c Yision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1894 - 96 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,...screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, 1 he thought himself intrusted with the scepter of the millennial 2 year. Like Fleetwood, 3 he cried... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 90 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 bitterness... | |
 | English literature - 1895 - 508 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,...woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane,1 he thought himself intrusted with the scepter of the millennial2 year. Like Fleetwood,3 he cried... | |
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