 ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Pagina 25door Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pagina’s
...tempests in the vale below : so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pagina’s
...tempests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pagina’s
...follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. SIR WALTER RALEGH. • i ' . ' CERTAINLY it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. .„ , , .... LORD BACON. IT will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pagina’s
...sect of philosophers, which was otherwise less noble than the rest, yet said excellently well : — " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand at the window of a castle and to watch a battle, with the adventure... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pagina’s
...pests, in the vale below :" so always that this "prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...tempests, in the vale below :" so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth. To pass from theological and philosophical Truth, to the Truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...tempests, in the vale below :" so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth. To pass from theological and philosophical Truth, to the Truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pagina’s
...pests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business ; it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pagina’s
...poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and •' to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and " the... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1820 - 200 pagina’s
...and down of other men." So always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. 6. God hath made all things beautiful or decent in the true return of their seasons; also he hath placed... | |
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