Neither can any man marvel at the play of puppets, that goeth behind the curtain, and adviseth well of the motion. And for magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in... The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 61by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 530 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales \vent of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 550 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the Tmiversal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...for magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...said, " It seemed to him that he was advertised of the battles of the Frogs and the Mice that the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...for magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...said, " It seemed to him that he was advertised of the battles of the Frogs and the Mice that the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 640 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious- provinces in Asia, when he received..." It seemed to him, that he was advertised of the bat" tie of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went " of." So certainly, if a man meditate... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 526 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, (the divineness of souls except,)... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...Matthew answered, " It is very true." When Alexander received letters out of Greece of some fightsand services there, which were commonly for a passage...old tales went of: so certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls except,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...motion. And for magnitude, as Alexander the great, after he was used to great armies, and the conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went cf." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it.... | |
| Education - 1829 - 592 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...there, which were commonly for a passage or a fort or seme walled town at the most, he said, " It seemed to him, that he was .advertised of the battle of... | |
| Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...that he was advertised of the battle of the frogs and mice, that the old tales went off.' — So certainly if a man meditate upon the uni. versal frame of... | |
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