 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
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,...fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or awoke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre... | |
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...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,...or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. 9. Like Vane,f he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood,f... | |
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...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... | |
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...other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, groans, and tears. He was half maddened by glorious...fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or awoke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he.set i0 his foot on the neck of the king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with...whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific 15 vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set *0 his foot on the neck of the king. In his dev6lional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans,...whispers of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific 15 vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 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,...illusions. He heard the lyres of angels or the tempting whispjrs of fiends. He caught a gleam of the beatific vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting... | |
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...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... | |
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