 The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms.  Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay - Page 57by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. Those fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers huvc thought inconsistent with their religious zeal ; but which were, in fact, the necessary effects... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose wnich some writers have thought inconsistent with their...One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself D and hatred, ambition and fear. Death lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...judgment, and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their 80 religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary...ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasf*5 ure is charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose...some writers have thought inconsistent with their 80 religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose,...intensity of their feelings on one subject, made them tranquil'on every other. One overpowering sentiment, had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose,...religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effect of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil On every other. One... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or the field of battle The intensity of their feelings on one subject made...and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terror, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their 30 religious z£al, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it....one subject, made them tranquil on every other. One overp6wering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose,...some writers have thought inconsistent with their 30 religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...had lost its terrors, and pleasure its The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs a cdolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their 35 charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their, raptures and their sorrows, but n6t for the... | |
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