 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...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Pagina 5131849Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Harvey Wells - 1859 - 234 pagina’s
...genins."—Gibbon. " Napoleon was never known to change his opinion on any subject."—Alison. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests."—Macaulay. § 242. " The daily press first instructed men in their wants, and yoon found... | |
 | Robert Ross - 1860 - 516 pagina’s
...influence of that potent ridicule which has already misled so many excellent writers.. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pagina’s
...exulting tear, Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 20 THE PUEITANS.—[MACAtTLAY.] 1. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know 1 him, to serve 1 him, to enjoy 1 him, was with them the great end of existence. 2. They rejected with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1084 pagina’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 character...of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too rast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pagina’s
...contemplation of superior being* and eternal interest*. Not content with acknowledging, in general term*. sn overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every...whose power nothing was too vast, for whose Inspection noUilng was too minute. To know him, to serve hint, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of exiiitence.... | |
 | David Masson - 1860 - 282 pagina’s
...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 and external interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they... | |
 | 1860 - 886 pagina’s
...greatest subjects that can touch human nature. The men who served under Cromwell were "men whose mind had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests ;" and of the impulse of their '•nrnestness all parties in the state partook. The human mind —... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pagina’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 character from the daily contemplation of su perior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 752 pagina’s
...minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and external Y W o_ & j ^n m= Q oz$d U u 2 (md[noX ... n : d 0 / u b F <] 6 D 9 6l F VMP (f Y L{w was1 too vaj t, for whose inspection nothing was too minute To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him,... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler, Karl Sachs - 1861 - 766 pagina’s
...another (Cymb. 1. 6. Ch. VI. 202, Sher. 251, Mac. 8. 68, Proverb. 21. 3 s. Br. 596. 548). To know Mm, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence (Mac. Ess. I. 49). Hier setzt man meist ein K. vor das Verb nach der oben besprochenen Regel. Als Regime... | |
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