a land of darkness,' as darkness itself, and where the light was as darkness. The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men and all the face of Nature, and tinges with its own livid hue the flowers of Paradise and the glories of the eternal... Essay on Milton - Page 26by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1823 - 880 pages
...vonrable to her wishes. She looked back upon it, yet longing after immortality ; but it was ' a land of darkness as darkness itself; and where the light was as darkness.' But before the power of Immanuel this kingdom fell. He ' overcame the sharpness ot Ktrictv of Dehon's... | |
| 1835 - 932 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, "a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and where the light was as darkness ! " The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men and all the face of nature, and tinges with its own livid hue the... | |
| 1841 - 580 pages
...His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, ' a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and the light was as darkness.' The gloom of his character...of nature, and tinges with its own livid hue, the llowers of Paradise, and the glories of the Eternal Throne." But this language is more beautifully... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, " a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and where the light was as darkness!" The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men and all the face of nature, ^ind tinges with its own livid hue the... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, " a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and where the light...and all the face of nature, and tinges with its own lived hue the flowers of Paradise and the glories of the Eternal Throne ! All the portraits of him... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, "a land o, every thing that is beautiful and endearing was associated with some filthy and debasing idea. discolours all the passions of men and all the face of nature, and tinges with its own livid hue the... | |
| George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 396 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, " a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and where the light...tinges with its own livid hue the flowers of paradise arid the Glories of the Eternal Throne. All the portraits of him are singularly characteristic. No... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, "a land ffect a thorough reform, and to use for that purpose the whole of the ample authority, civil and discolours all the passions of men and all the face of nature, and tinges with its own livid hue the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, "a land of darkness, as darkness ¡»elf, and where the light was as darkness !" The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men and all the face of nature, and tinges with its own livid hue the... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1855 - 670 pages
...been perceptible even in its honey. His mind was, in the noble language of the Hebrew poet, ' a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and where the light was as darkness.' . . . All the portraits of him are singularly characteristic. No person can look on the features, noble... | |
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