 ... (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
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pagina’s
...poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : " nsu Italos ipsos et Latinos; sed pietate, ac religion?. atque h&c upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | 1838 - 574 pagina’s
...symptoms in the present state of society, this is the most frightful. ' Certainly,' says Lord Bacon, ' it is Heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity' — but he adds also, ' to rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.' But what truth can... | |
 | 1838 - 728 pagina’s
...symptoms in the present state of society, this is the most frightful. ' Certainly,' says Lord Bacon, ' it is Heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity' — but he adds also, ' to rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.' But what truth can... | |
 | 518 pagina’s
...SKETCH THE FOURTH— THE COUNTRY PARSON. " It Is Indeed a heaven upon earth, to see a man's mind mov« in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."— LORD BACON. Sydney Smith's fancy sketch of the machinery of a first-class clerical novel was on this... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 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...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." many needless incumbrances and vexatious toils of fruitless endeavours she redeems and secures us.... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 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...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." While deeply sensible of the imperfections of these essays, which he again lays before the public,... | |
 | Erskine Neale - 1839 - 390 pagina’s
...sanctioned by experience, which one is glad to mellow by that soothing and holy apothegm of Bacon : — " It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." To return to the little dark-eyed Rachael. A very brief interval elapsed after her future fortunes... | |
 | Help - 1839 - 120 pagina’s
...conclusions of any theory spun i'rom the human brain. HORSLEY. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. BACON. THE BEST STUDY. Next to the study of the Scriptures, history best becometh a gentleman, Church-history... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1854 - 522 pagina’s
...DRUID. SKETCH THE FOURTH— THE COUNTRY PARSON. " It is indeed a heaven upon earth, to see a man'i mind move in charity, rest In Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." — LOKD BACON. Sydney Smith's fancy sketch of tho machinery of a first-class clerical novel was on... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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... | |
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