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" But there are a few characters which have stood the closest scrutiny and the severest tests, which have been tried in the furnace and have proved pure, which have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling... "
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

1835 - 932 pages
...have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the image aud superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize ; and of these...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and whirh are visibly stamped wilh the image and superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to | rize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to...
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 5-6

1856 - 666 pages
...thus speaks in that paper on the inf ueuce that Milton exerted over his own, richly gifted, naiad—" The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are...refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fnfts and flowers which the virgin martyr of Massinger sen) down from Paradise to the earth, distinguished...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...bcen wcighed in the balanee, and have not bcen found wanting ; which have bcen declared sterling bj the general consent of mankind ; and which are visibly...his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to ns. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...hy the general consent of mankind, and which are visihly stamped with the image and superseription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his hooks, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemhle those celestial fruits and...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with ihe image and superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize;...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volumes 1-2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1084 pages
...have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly...was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his bame, are pleasant to us, His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin...
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The Official Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Church Congress, Held ...

1885 - 676 pages
...have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly...with the image and superscription of the Most High." * But the question may be asked, " What more can be done ? " Can these agencies be strengthened and...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...have been weighed in the balance, and have not been found wanting ; which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly...with the image and superscription of the Most High. 7. These great men we trust that we know how to prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books,...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Complete: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly...The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of...
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