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| Religion - 1848 - 778 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...precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime Ianfuage ; nobles, by the right of an earlier creation, and priests y the imposition of a mightier... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! 1 On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a mor« sublime language ; nobies by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition... | |
| Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 120 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 looked down with contempt : for they esteemed themselves1 rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language; nobles1 by the... | |
| 1856 - 666 pages
...were houses not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory that should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...eloquent in a more sublime language — nobles by right of an earlier creation, and priests, by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of... | |
| Connecticut - 1837 - 588 pages
...with contempt, the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the homage of the soul On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they...precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime Itnguage ; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier... | |
| 1849 - 364 pages
...eloquent, upon nobles and upon priests with contempt, esteeming themselves rich in a more enduring treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language...priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. " The leaven of true puritanism was at work, and with a power, the more ominous from its silence. To all... | |
| 1849 - 818 pages
...which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked clown with contempt : for they esteemed themselves rich...in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more MM 2 sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 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 actions the spirits of light and... | |
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 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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