 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 - Sida 5121825Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 sidor
...the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were 25 On the rich and the eloquent, on n6bles and priests, they looked down with contempt: for they...earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a migh35 which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. 30 tier hand. The very... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1844 - 492 sidor
...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... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1844 - 266 sidor
...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 the possession of a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, — nobles by... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 sidor
...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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 sidor
...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...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 darkness... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 sidor
...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 looked down...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 484 sidor
...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... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 500 sidor
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 sidor
...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...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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