 So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 60by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - Civilization - 1865 - 686 pages
...ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and cousociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits : how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of tune, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Bookbinding - 1866 - 328 pages
...books to ships. " If," said that wise man, " ships are to be commended, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of Time, and make ages so distant participate in the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions one of the other !" Dear, precious indeed... | |
 | Modern culture - Culture - 1867 - 458 pages
...distant places. " If the invention of the ship," says Bacon, " was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1909 - 668 pages
...finest in the language, he exclaims: "If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place and consociateth...participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | Oscar Kuhns - Books and reading - 1910 - 178 pages
...exemplified in all ages, from the time the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place and consociateth...participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - Anthologies - 1911 - 452 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages. So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | Albert Hamann - 1911 - 226 pages
...receipt and comforting the same. Books. in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions the one of the other. Friendship. Little do... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English literature - 1912 - 788 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages. So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
 | 1871 - 892 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages ; so that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation 01 their fruits, how much more are letters to be mngnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages: so that, if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth o 9/ be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate... | |
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