 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1868 - 432 pagina’s
...secondly, that we make application of our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, not-distaste or repining; thirdly, that we do not presume, by the...attain to the mysteries of God.' After speaking of the two first limits, he comes as follows to the last :•—' And for the third point, it deserveth to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pagina’s
...our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and content\ ment, and not distaste or repining: the third, That we do not presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the 'steries of God. For as touching the first of these, Salomon doth excellently expound himself in another... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1875 - 478 pagina’s
...politicians ; sometimes in the errors and imperfections of learned men themselves ; ' — proceeding, I say, in this august and majestical defence, he states the...attain to the mysteries of God.' After speaking of the two first limits, he comes as follows to the last : — ' And for the third point, it deserveth to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pagina’s
...knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, and not distaste or repining: the third, Thai we do not presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of GodT^ For as touching the first of these, Salomon doth excellently expound himself in another place... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pagina’s
...our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment . and not distaste or repining. The third, that we do not presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of God. For as touching the first of these, Solomon doth excellently expound himsdi in another place of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pagina’s
...of our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, and not distaste or repining. The third, that we do not presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of God. For, as touching the first of these, Solomon doth excellently expound himself in another place of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 pagina’s
...our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and "contentment, and not distaste or repining: the third. That ] we do not presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to \ the mysteries of God. I For as touching the first of these, i Salomon doth excellently expound himself in another place of... | |
 | William Nicholas Hailmann - 1891 - 66 pagina’s
...as to give ourselves ease and content, not distaste and repining, and the third, that we presume not by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of God." Still more clearly does he indicate this in the concluding sentences of his "New Method," where he... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1895 - 488 pagina’s
...Lumen madidnm or maccralnm, being steeped or infused in the humours of the affections. Lastly, we must not presume by the contemplation of Nature to attain to the mysteries of God, for so we shall indeed be spoiled by vain philosophy. As a Platonist said, the Sun revealeth all earthly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1899 - 526 pagina’s
...as to give ourselves ease and content, not distaste and repining; and the third, that we presume not by the contemplation of nature, to attain to the mysteries of God. As to the first, Solomon excellently says; " I saw that wisdom excelleth folly as far as light excelleth... | |
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... that we do not so place our felicity in knowledge, as we forget our mortality. The second, that we make application of our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, and not distaste or repining. The third, that we do not presume by the... 
