We would speak first of the Puritans, the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced. The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface. He that runs may read them ; nor have there been wanting attentive... Report of the Secretary for Public Instruction ... - Page 109by Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1908Full view - About this book
| 1835 - 932 pages
...estimate of parties from those who really deserved to ße called (artisans. We would speak first of Ihe Puritans, the most remarkable body of men, perhaps,...there been wanting attentive and malicious observers lo point them out. For many years after the Restoration, they were the Ihemc of unmeasured invective... | |
| John Warner Barber - History - 1836 - 598 pages
...Fathers," is worthy of preservation. " The Puritans," says a writer in no wise 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 from the daily contemplation of superior... | |
| John Warner Barber - Massachusetts - 1839 - 674 pages
...ever yet possessed. " The Puritans (says a celebrated foreign writer, in no wise 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 from the daily contemplation of superior... | |
| John Warner Barber - Cities and towns - 1841 - 678 pages
...ever yet possessed. " The Puritans (says a celebrated foreign writer, in no wise 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 from the daily contemplation... | |
| Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 pages
...words in their defence. Who were the Puritans ? " They were," says one of the first of living writers, "the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced ; they were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of supernatural... | |
| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 pages
...sufficient, that did not carry with it the vindication of Puritanism. Its professors, says Macaulay, were " the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced. They were exposed to the utmost licentiousness of the press and of the stage, at the time when the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame. THE PURITANS. We would first speak of the Puritans, the most remarkable body of men,...ever produced. The odious and ridiculous parts of thcir character lie on the surface. He that runs may read them ; nor have there bcen wanting attentive... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...the account. We take our estimate of parlies from those who really deserved to be called partisans. [/We would speak first of the Puritans, the most remarkable...the surface. He that runs may read them ; nor have Ihere been wanting attentive and malicious observers to point them out. For many years after the Restoralion,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...the account. We tabe our estimate of parties from those who really deserved to be called partisans. We would speak first of the Puritans, the most remarkable...observers to point them out. For many years after Jhe Restoration, they were the theme of unmeasured invective and derision. They were exposed to the... | |
| Temple Christian Faber - Caste - 1857 - 502 pages
...systematically endeavoured to depreciate and vilify ? " The professors of Puritanism," says Macaulay, " were the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced. They were exposed to the utmost licentiousness of the press and of the stage, at the time when the... | |
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