 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 sider
...some old minster, is the following description of ' Popular Ignorance — Section II. THE PURITANS. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over -ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose... | |
 | David Hunter Riddle - 1851 - 28 sider
...already been made: "The Puritans were men, whose minds derived a peculiar character from the constant contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests....they habitually ascribed every event to the will of that great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast; for whose inspection nothing was too minute.... | |
 | Edward Lutwyche Parker - 1851 - 464 sider
...of free masonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. But the Puritans were men, whose minds had derived a peculiar...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and external interests." " Not content with acknowledging in general an overruling providence, they habitually... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 sider
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and external interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sider
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which coneeals the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...character from the daily contemplation of superior bcings and external interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providenee,... | |
 | 1852 - 780 sider
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. ink Cromwell far superior to Napoleon. "In civil government," says Mr. Hallam, "there can be external interests. Not con'ent with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 sider
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and external interests. Not con'ent with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they... | |
 | 1853 - 708 sider
...present reality, — an entity that presented as tangible ideas to their minds as London or Leyden. " Not content with acknowledging in general terms an...Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for 250 251 whose inspection nothing was too minute." The long contest between the Good and Evil principles,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 sider
...universe. BTEON. LESSON CXXXHI. CHARACTER OF THE PURITANS. 1. THE Puritans were men, whose minds had drawn a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not contented with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | 1853 - 710 sider
...occur to the reader as tending to invalidate their testimony. "The Puritans were men whose minds bad derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of Superior beings and eternal interests. * « » Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they »spired... | |
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The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event... 
