The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he... The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 3by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
| Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...from that high cliff and platform, which is more amply sketched in the Essay of Truth, thus : — " The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise...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... | |
| Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...from that high cliff and platform, which is more amply sketched in the Essay of Truth, thus : — " The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : ' H is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...Illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed Light, upon the Face, of the Matter or Chaos ; Then he breathed Light, into the Face of Man ; and still he breatheth...Poet, that beautified the Sect, that was otherwise inferiour to the rest, saith yet excellently well : // is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...Illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed Light, upon the Face, of the Matter or Chaos ; Then he breathed Light, into the Face of Man ; and still he breatheth...Face of his Chosen. The Poet, that beautified the Seft, that was otherwise mferiour to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It is a pleasure to stand... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...illumination of his Spirit.3 First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet (Lucretius) that beautified the sect (the Epicureans) that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth...and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet,5 that beautified the sect,' that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well,... | |
| Theology - 1868 - 802 pages
...is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed light upon matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. — Bacon. WENDELL PHILLIPS. "Who faithful in insane sedition keeps, With silver and with ruddy gold... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth...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 44 see a battle and the... | |
| 1871
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of matter or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth...face of his chosen. The poet,' that beautified the Sect,2 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well, ' It is a pleasure to stand... | |
| William Graham - Idealism - 1872 - 248 pages
...Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the Matter, then he breathed light into the face of the Man, and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his Chosen." The above is an outline of Hegel's Ontology, the most remarkable system which has yet been submitted to... | |
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