 He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the...  The Baptist Magazine - Page 5171825Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the suffering of" the Redeemer. It was into this earnest and stirring age that Milton -was cast. It was... | |
 | Theology - 1850 - 778 pages
...on account of the vice which was constantly concealed beneath them. " The Puritan," says Macaulay, " was made up of two different men : the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other projud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...— 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.... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God !"* It has been already said that the Queen of Sweden, on reading the controversy between Salmasius... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! BUNYAN 8 PILGRIM 8 PROGRESS. The characteristic peculiarity of the "Pilgrim's Progress" is, that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...blood of no eartbly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had bcen darkened, that the rocks had bcen rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. The characteristic peculiarity of the "Pilgrim's Progress" is, that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun he United States with that pitiful affectation of...which some members of his party have done more than He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his fool on the neck of his king. In... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his fo«t on the neck of his king.... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 334 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...different men, — the one all self-abasement, penitence, grati tude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar glory, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him, that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! 6. Thus, the Puritan was made up of two different men, — the one, all self-abasement, penitence,... | |
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