 Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp...  Critical and historical essays - Page 22by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 5. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to...evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe ; he had been ransomed by the sweat... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 596 pages
...earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flour ished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed...common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 4. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to...evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge of them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands...common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for... | |
 | 1870 - 306 pages
...its disciples in the seventeenth century, it is said by the most eloquent of modern essayists ; — " The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1870 - 318 pages
...its disciples in the seventeenth century, it is said by the most eloquent of modern essayists ; — " The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious...evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 pages
...to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and nourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed...common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pages
...created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 5. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to...evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe ; he had been ransomed by the sweat... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 pages
...were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them....common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for... | |
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