 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 - 428 pages
...the sweat of nô vîilgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sim had been darkened,* that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that £11 nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God. Thus the Puritan was made up of two... | |
 | Temple Christian Faber - Caste - 1857 - 502 pages
...boundless interval which separated the whole race from Him on whom their eyes were constantly fixed. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men,...passion ; 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. In... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...earthly saerifice. It was for him that the sun had heen darkened, that the rocks had heen rent, that ths 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... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 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...passion— 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. In... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun est, and in the first rank of Christian powers. diflerent men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible,... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...the harp of the prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men,...passion ; 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. In... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...earlier creation, and prl*-»t* by the imposition of a mightier band. "The Puritan, iridi_-cd, wan made up of two different men; the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, paaiiion; the other, proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself In the dust before his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1859 - 768 pages
...by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the 4blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that...penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm, indexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker; but he set his foot on the... | |
 | Arthur Mursell - 1859 - 164 pages
...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. V. It is living the life of a fool to despise the warnings of experience. This, again, is an error... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Dwellings - 1859 - 396 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...shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God!" n uiujan. BY JG WHITTIER. "Wouldstsee A man i' the clouds, and hear him speak to thee ?" WHO has not... | |
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