 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 - Logic - 1885 - 438 pages
...fort, or some walled town at the most, he said, // 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 upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineness of souls except)... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 552 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...of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." So, certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 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...fort or some walled town at the most, he said, It seeme-t to Mm that he was advertised of the battles of tile frogs and the mice, that the old tales... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 pages
...magnitude, POLONIUS. 391 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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 530 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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1892 - 572 pages
...marvel at the play of puppets, that goeth behind the curtain, and adviseth well of the motion. And as for magnitude, as Alexander the Great, after that...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 advertised1 of the battle... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1893 - 560 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...of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." So, certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1898 - 170 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...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 - Didactic literature, English - 1900 - 462 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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 348 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... | |
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