 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,...  Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome - Pàgina 25per Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 924 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pàgines
...were houses not made with hands : their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away I 4. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests,...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 pàgines
...originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish, when compared...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pàgines
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but his favor; and, confident of that favor, they despised all the accomplishments and all the...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, — on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pàgines
...splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them. Their palaces were hou?es not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 pàgines
...were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their step* were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials,...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 256 pàgines
...Westminster Catechism : " What is the chief end of man ? To glorif jr God and to enjoy him forever." eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the...mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being =o whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits... | |
 | John Lord - 1896 - 518 pàgines
...were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 122 pàgines
...houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich 30 and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest;... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pàgines
...constantly fixed. They recognized no title to superiority but His favor ; and, confident of that favor, they despised all the accomplishments and all the...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged,— on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 464 pàgines
...were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps...to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged; On whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest;... | |
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