 Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, 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....  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - English language - 1884 - 216 pages
...earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, 20 that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passions ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. 25 He prostrated himself in the dust before... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1884 - 404 pages
...river — rest. •4. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men : the one, all self -abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other, proud, calm,...Maker; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. 5. ROME AND CARTHAGE. The catastrophe of this stupendous drama is at hand. What actors are met! Two... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1885 - 916 pages
...of her expiring God. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all seliahasement, penitence, gratitude, passion; the other proud, calm,...prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of angels or the tempting whispers... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...earthly causes had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, arid decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed...Maker; but he set his foot on the neck of his king. In hi? devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions, and groans, and tears. He was half maddened... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...and the dead had arisen, 85 that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! 4. Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men,...inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the 90 dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his LITERARY ANALYSIS.— 67-71. On the... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - Authors, English - 1887 - 552 pages
...Petition of Eight and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six in the morning." "The Puritan was made up of two different men; the...himself in the dust before his Maker but he set his feet on the neck of his king." Such are some of these numerous examples of contrasted structure. Clause... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1890 - 1100 pages
...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, ng nothing but the truth, produce all the effect of...more truths. In the imitative arts we constantly see tue dust before his Maker : out he set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1892 - 572 pages
...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of...prayed with convulsions and groans and tears. He was half-maddened by glorious or terrible illusions. He heard the lyres of angels or the tempting whispers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 104 pages
...been ransomed by the fate of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him 10 that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had...the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passions ; the is other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 200 pages
...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of...prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but ho set his foot on the neck of his king. In his devotional retirement, he prayed with convulsions,... | |
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