 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 and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation and priests by the imposition...  English: Composition and Literature - Seite 185von William Franklin Webster - 1900 - 275 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1832 - 852 Seiten
...language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier Hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events, which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.... | |
 | 1825 - 582 Seiten
...imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate * rnjs520 ' .¡..us and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness luukcd with anxious interest — who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy... | |
 | 1825 - 570 Seiten
...language ; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a ni3s620 521 tenons and terrible importance belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light... | |
 | 1826 - 596 Seiten
...language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes had been ordained on his account.... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 Seiten
...language; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mfysteirious and terrible importance belonged-*-ori'-^*hbse slightest action the spirits of light and... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 Seiten
...palaces were houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away ! The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 Seiten
...language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...— on whose slightest action the spirits of light 40 and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1830 - 592 Seiten
...The indomitable being whom we have now to delineate, was yet unheard of in history or in fiction. " The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...mysterious and terrible importance belonged ; on whose slighest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, and who had been destined... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 Seiten
...language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. 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 45 ordained on his account. For his sake... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 Seiten
...language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition (/ a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.... | |
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