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 - 1859 - 856 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 letters out of Greece of some figlits and services there, which were commonly for a passage or a fort or some walled town at the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 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, >Uat the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 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 u fort, or some walled town at the most, lie said, " It seemed to him, that he was advertised of the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 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...walled town at the most, he said, It seemed to him that lie was advertised of the battles of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of: so certainly... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he « as 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 fort or some walled town at the most, he said, " It seemed to him that he was advertised of the battle... | |
| William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that he « as 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 furt or some walled town at the most, he said, " It seemed to him that he was advertised of the battle... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1863 - 264 pages
...to great armies, and the great conquests of the spacious provinces in Asia, when he received lelters out of Greece, of some fights and services there,...was advertised of the Battle of the Frogs and the Mire, that the olil tales went of. So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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 letters out of Greece, of some rights and services there, which were commonly for a passage, or a fort, or some walled town at the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 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...walled town at the most, he said, It seemed to him that Jie was advertised of the battles of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of: so certainly... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 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, 01 H fort, or some walled town at the most, he said, " It seemed to him, that he was advertised of... | |
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