 An active principle : howe'er removed From sense and observation, it subsists In all things, in all natures, in the stars Of azure heaven, the unenduring clouds, In flower and tree, in every pebbly stone That paves the brooks, the stationary rocks, The...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 496by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Norman Lacey - Ethics in literature - 1948 - 144 pages
...Principle; — howe'er removed From sense and observation, it subsists In all things, in all natures. . . Whate'er exists hath properties that spread Beyond...communicating good, A simple blessing, or with evil mixed. (Bkrx,l1. 1-12) This passage does not read harmoniously. It seems very probable that the words 'with... | |
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