 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
 | Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1851 - 376 pages
...paflage or a Fort or fome walled Town at the moft, he faid, It feemed to him, that he was advertifed of the Battle of the Frogs and the Mice, that the old tales went of. So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the Univerfal frame of Nature, the earth with men upon it, (the Divinenefs of fouls except,)... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 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 - 1852 - 580 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,)... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 172 pages
...And for magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after he was used to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received...commonly for a passage, or a fort, or some walled town at most, he said, "It seemed to him that he was advertised of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, that the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 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...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old talcs went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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...services there, which were commonly for a passage, or a ftJTt, or some walled town at the most, he said, " It seemed to him, that he was advertised of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 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 much... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 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 talcs went of: so certainly if a man meditate much... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 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...advertised of the battle of the frogs and the mice, 'hat the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon 1 A perpetual fciut of ncctnr'd iweeU,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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...Greece, of some fights and services there, which were commorjy for a passage or a fort, or some walled town at tike most, he said, " It seemed to him, that... | |
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