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" ... -by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked... "
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 58
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843
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The Baptist Magazine, Volume 17

1825 - 582 pages
...— on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness luukcd with anxious interest — who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians »scribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and...
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The baptist Magazine

1825 - 570 pages
...— on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest — who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...which should continue when heaven and earth should liave passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to «•ai'thly causes, had been...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 4

1826 - 596 pages
...belonged — on whose slightest action the Spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For bis sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet....
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...— on whose slightest action the spirits of light 40 and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been 45 ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake...
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The Biblical repositor (and quarterly observer) [afterw.] The American ...

Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest ; who had been destined before the heavens and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which...flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty revealed His will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been rescued by...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the ...

1836 - 332 pages
...belonged; on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and nourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist,...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...belonged — on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxiosn interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account _ 7. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed...
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The Independent magazine (ed. by J. Fletcher)., Volume 1

J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...on whose slightest action, the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, and who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and nourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist,...
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The Christian Witness, and Church Member's Magazine, Volume 1

1844 - 602 pages
...belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created,...ordained on his account. For his sake, empires had risen, flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist,...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...anxious interest, who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity 35 which should continue when heaven and earth should...empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For 40 his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the...
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