 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...  Critical and historical essays - Page 21by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. 3. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. THE PURITANS. BY THOMAS BABINGTON MACATJLAY. 1HE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which coneeels the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose 138 1 inspection nothing was too minute. To know... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...peerage, under the title of Baron KLacaulay. rTIHE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculJL iar character from the daily contemplation of superior...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 pages
...Bassanio in the play, turn from the specious caskets which contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 pages
...Bassanio in the play, turn from the specious caskets which contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 112 pages
...Bassanio in the play, turn from the specious caskets which contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals...habitually ascribed every event to the •will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 pages
...Sin's ez sharp ez a bamboo brierAx de Lord ier ter fetch you up higher. THE PURITANS.— FB MACAULAY. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1878 - 310 pages
...characteristic productions of the middle of the seventeenth century. Macaulay says, in his Essay on Milton, — The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast ; for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...Bassauio in the play,12 turn from the specious caskets which contain only the death's head and the fool's head, and fix on the plain, leaden chest which conceals...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him,... | |
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