 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 sider
...the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals tho treasure. Governor. At the next meeting of the Board, another communication from tho daily contemplation of superior] beings and eternal interests. Not I content with acknowledging,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 sider
...allusion in the last sentence. fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. *> 3. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing n was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him,... | |
 | John Swett - 1886 - 416 sider
...which conceals the treasure. The Puritans \ were men | whose minds | had derived a peculiar diameter \ from the daily contemplation | of superior beings...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Pr6vidcnce, they habitually ascribed every event \ to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
 | William Swinton - 1888 - 686 sider
...the last sentence. 434 fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. *1 3. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed evenevent to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection... | |
 | 1890 - 786 sider
...Macaulay's description of the Puritan is most applicable to the Highlanders of the present day : — -"They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. . . They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship... | |
 | Cunningham Geike - 1890 - 1054 sider
...atmosphere of the supernatural. They "were men whose minds had derived a peculiar iharaiter i See page 246. from the daily contemplation of superior beings and...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Groat Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1891 - 232 sider
...the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Xot content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1918 - 472 sider
...thunder storm, quoted above? O, no. They could not learn without doing! "The Puritans," said Macaulay, "were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests." These children's minds had derived a nobler character from the contemplation of great thoughts exprest... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1918 - 482 sider
...thunder storm, quoted above? O, no. They could not learn without doing! "The Puritans," said Macaulay, "were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests." These children's minds had derived a nobler character from the contemplation of great thoughts exprest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 104 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...character from the daily contemplation of superior beings 25 Bassnnio. In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venire, one of the suitors for Portia's hand. In obedience... | |
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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... 
