 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...sea, And the stupendous anthem which is beat For ever on its shores. And he moved on. .THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | Ethan Smith - Bible - 1833 - 422 pages
...take them under their protection, but they were abandoned without reserve to satirists and dramatists. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from their contemplation of eternal things. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. The Puritans were men whoso minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...destroyed, and from that time forward consulted the good of his people. ADDISON. CHARACTER OF THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | John Warner Barber - History - 1836 - 598 pages
...partial to them, "were the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging in general terms, an over ruling providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...graphic and eloquent description of the Puritans, which we extract from the article referred to. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...through the universe. LESSON CXXXIII. Character of the Puritans. — EDINBURGH REVIEW. 1. THE Puritansf were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually as* William... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Massachusetts - 1839 - 674 pages
...to them) were the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced. — They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging in general terms an overruling providence, ihey habitually ascribed every... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...character from the daily contemplation of superior VOL. xn. NO. 3. 56 beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms,... | |
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The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event... 
