 He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no -earthly sacrifice.  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 25by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...(he Prophet. He had been wrested, by no common deliverance, from the grasp of no common foe. He bad been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was fur him that the smi had been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been wresled, by no common deliverer, from the grasp of no common...darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! • * i Edinburgh Review.... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...Almighty revealed His will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no common agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice. It was for him that the sun had been darkened,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...sake, the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the...— that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings and death of the Saviour of the world. Thus, the Puritan was made up of two different men; the one,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 420 pages
...the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no com60 mon foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the roc'<s had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. lie had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony,...no earthly sacrifice. It was for him. that the sun tad been darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the...was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the puritan... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1844 - 602 pages
...sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been wrested, by no common deliverer, from...darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had risen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God. THE MAY MEETINGS IMPROVED.... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...rescued by no c6mmon deliverer from the grasp of n6 common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of n6 vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice....rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that ill nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring 5 G6d! Thus the Puritan was made up of tw6... | |
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