 People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of...  The baptist Magazine - Sida 5131825Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Fanning Watson - 1846 - 470 sidor
...of the soul. Hence their contempt for all earthly distinctions. Men might sneer at them and deride ; but those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or the field of battle. In civil and military affairs, they displayed a coolness of judgment, and a fixedness... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 sidor
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing...civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and an immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal,... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 sidor
...tempestuous workings of the soul had left " no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw no" thing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard...groans and their whining " hymns, might laugh at them. The intensity of their " feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every "other."* In the great... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 sidor
...workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing of the Puritans but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh, who encountered them in the hall... | |
 | 1849 - 606 sidor
...veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face." " People who saw nothing of the godly, but their uncouth...in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle." " The intensity of their feelings on one subject, made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 sidor
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing...and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal,... | |
 | Edward Lutwyche Parker - 1851 - 464 sidor
...creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. Those had little reason to laugh at them, who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle." " These men brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which... | |
 | 1852 - 780 sidor
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing...civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 sidor
...seat in the council, or girt on his sword for\ war, these tempestuous workings of the Isoul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People who saw nothing of the godly btit their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hynins,... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1853 - 792 sidor
...philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God." " People who saw nothing of them but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from...in the hall of debate or in the field of battle." They left the Word and the presence of God with something to do, and with a heart fearless and fixed... | |
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