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" Their palaces were houses not made with hands, their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. 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,... "
The Baptist Magazine - Page 516
1825
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Proceedings of the New York Historical Society

New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1844 - 492 pages
...The men who " on the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests looked down with contempt ;" who " esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure,...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand,"* would not then, perhaps, have landed, unbefriended and unwelcomed, " on a stern and rock-bound coast...
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Notice of Windsor in Olden Times

John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...were houses not made with hands; their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...with contempt, for they esteemed themselves rich in the possession of a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, — nobles by...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...ih? rich and the eloquent, on nobles and pritA they looked down with contempt: for шеу» teemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime latguage, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightierhani...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...were houses not made with hands : their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and...
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National Preceptor

Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! 5. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...and, priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. 6. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged...
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A Gallery of Literary Portraits

George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1845 - 484 pages
...eloquent, upon nobles and upon priests, with contempt, esteeming themselves rich in a more enduring treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language,...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand," — was magnificent. And with a like power has he since depicted Dryden and Machiavelli, Byron and...
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Sermon delivered at the Great synagogue, on the occasion of his installation ...

Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 pages
...were houses not made with hands. Their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent iu a more sublime language, — nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition...
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A Gallery of Literary Portraits

George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1845 - 500 pages
...and upon priests, with contempt, esteeming themselves rich in a more enduring treasure, and eloqueut in a more sublime language, — nobles by the right...and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand," — was magnificent. And with a like power has he since depicted Dryden and Machiavelli, Byron and...
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Scenes and characters from the writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay. To ...

Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...were houses not made with hands : their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the Spirits of >light and...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...Gcrnulemme I.lbertU, XT. ST. with hands: their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the im. He knew how unscrupulous, how implacable, would...the good part; and he called up all the force of his a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and...
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