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" God, or melior natura ; which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and... "
The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 78
by Francis Bacon - 1815
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...which Human Nature in it felf could not obtain. Therefore as Atheifm is in all refpedis hateful, fo in this, that it depriveth Human Nature of the- means to exalt it felf above Human Frailty. As it is in particular Perfons, to it is in Nations. Never was there fuch...
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Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from ...

T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pages
...aspect, _ when it stands in. the shadow of death, than when in the dazzling beams of health and vigour. As atheism is in all respects hateful, so in this, that it deprives human nature of the means to exalt itself above human frailty. A body of ethics, proved to...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in...of the means to exalt itself above human frailty. LORD BACON. THIS is certain, that if we look into the wisdom of all ages, we shall find that there...
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order

George Crabb - English language - 1816 - 788 pages
...reverential esteem of things lacred. SOUTH. When a man restcth and annreth himself upon divine protection, be gathereth a force and faith which human nature in Itself could not obtain. BACON. HOMAGE, FEALTY, COURT. HOMAGE, in French hommage, comes from homme a man, signifying a man's,...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature in...above human frailty. As it is in particular persons, go it is in nations : never was there such a state for magnanimity as Rome; of this state hear what...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 3

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 pages
...could never attain. So Man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human Nature in itself could not obtain. " LOUD BACON. " Weak is the will of Man, his judgment blind ; Remembrance persecutes, and Hope betrays...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...the Deity, and not from man ; ' When a man resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection, he gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.' BACON. Subjects are denominated either sacred or divine, as when we speak of sacred poems, or divine...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 2

Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature in...of the means to exalt itself above human frailty. LORD BACON. ANNIVERSARIES IN APRIL MONDAY, 15th. EASTER TERM begins. 1776 l)ied, at his vicarage of...
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Astronomy and General Physics, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

William Whewell - Astronomy - 1833 - 298 pages
...assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature could not obtain. Therefore, as atheism is in all...of the means to exalt itself above human frailty."* Such a law, then, of reference to a Supremely Good Being, is impressed upon our nature, as the condition...
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Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

William Whewell - Astronomy - 1833 - 416 pages
...assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature could not obtain. Therefore, as atheism is in all...of the means to exalt itself above human frailty."* Such a law, then, of reference to a Supremely Good Being, is impressed upon our nature, as the condition...
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