On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the... Advertiser Notes and Queries - Side 1971881Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1832 - 852 sider
...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier Hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose... | |
| 1820 - 590 sider
...ought to feel, — what lias been eloquently said of the Puritans too — " that they are nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But to return ; as all who are in advance of the body of the community are necessarily dissenters,... | |
| 1825 - 570 sider
...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language ; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a ni3s620 521 tenons and terrible importance belonged... | |
| 1826 - 596 sider
...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 sider
...themselves rich in a more preciottS treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mfysteirious and terrible importance belonged-*-ori'-^*hbse... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1826 - 44 sider
...ought to feel,—what has been eloquently said of the Puritans too—" that they are nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." But to return ; as all who are in advance of the body of the community are necessarily dissenters,... | |
| 1826 - 432 sider
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| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sider
...politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been 35 quent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged—on whose... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1830 - 592 sider
...whom our Modern Critic "noblemen and priests" in their own seraphic way, for " they were nobles by the right of an earlier creation and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand." If their biblical names were not " registered at the Heralds'-college, they were recorded in the Book... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 sider
...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language ; nobles, by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose... | |
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