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... The Ant, publ. during 1826 and 1827 - Side 334af Ant The - 1827Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1825 - 582 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 sider
...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... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 sider
...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...with anxious interest ; who had been destined before the heavens and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth... | |
| 1835 - 932 sider
...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...importance belonged — on whose slightest action to spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 sider
...nobles by the right of an earlier creation, — and, priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. 6. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate...action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxiosn interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 sider
...— 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...of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, and who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue... | |
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