 ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Page 24by Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...tempests, in the vale' below:" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move iu charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...tempests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...tempests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon tbe poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1904 - 738 pages
...English Liberalism. He was a living instance of the frame of mind depicted in Bacon's fine aphorism, " certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." We may all learn from history the lesson which Lord Acton apprehended perhaps more clearly than any... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 412 pages
...be ever to love a man who can only talk of votes, seats, rolls, and qualifications !" CHAPTER XVI. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. LORD BACON. " WELL, what do you think of our member?" was Miss Pratt's first salutation to Gertrude,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1824 - 726 pages
...HENRY LACEY, Paternoster-Ro<j), London. T, C. Hansard. Pater-noster-Row Pras. Jftudeum, , journal, It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea ,- a pica Mire to stand in the window of a castle and to soc a battle j but no pleasure... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...pests, in the vale below :" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business ; it will be acknowlged... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...pests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business; it will be acknowlged... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspired) light into the face of his chosen. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." (LoiiD BACON.) I could exceedingly wish, Mr. Editor, that some of your correspondents would undertake,... | |
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