 | Francis Bacon - Didactic literature, English - 1900 - 462 pages
...their friends, and some came to look on ; and that he was one of them that came to look on.' But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is...their Pretiosa in oculis Domini mors sanctorum ejus, by which place they would exalt their civil death and regular professions, but upon this defence, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Mrs. Henry Pott - Conduct of life - 1900 - 318 pages
...Sonnet 15. LIFE— A Theatre for God and the Angels. " Men mast know that in this Theatre of men's life it is reserved only for God and Angels to be lookers on." — Advt. of Learning ii. 1, " Merciful Heaven ! . . Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority,... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 468 pages
...their friends, and some came to look on ; and that he was one of them that came to look on.' But men must know that in this theatre of man's life, it is...reserved only for God and Angels to be lookers on." — Advancement of Learning (1603-5). Contemplative life, according to Bacon, is that which is spent... | |
 | Mark Harvey Liddell - English language - 1902 - 336 pages
...beholding angels." I need only put these ideas together in the form (it is Bacon's, not mine) " But men must know that in this theatre of man's Life, it is...reserved only for God and Angels to be lookers on " to make your human soul fairly tingle with emotion, though you are this high-sounding personage who... | |
 | Mark Harvey Liddell - English language - 1902 - 340 pages
...beholding angels." I need only put these ideas together in the form (it is Bacon's, not mine) " But men must know that in this theatre of man's Life, it is...reserved only for God and Angels to be lookers on " to make your human soul fairly tingle with emotion, though you are this high-sounding personage who... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 478 pages
...Great Seigneour's ? ' " — Charge touching Duels (1613). 133 Tin; WORLD, A STAGE From Bacon " Men must know that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and the angels to be lookers-on." — Advancement of Learning (1603-5). From S1iake-speare " All the world... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1902 - 334 pages
...etc.— we must turn to Francis Bacon's " Advancement of Learning," where we read: " Men must learn that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God, and the angels to be lookers-on." Paradoxical as it may seem, the very errors and anachronisms which occur... | |
 | 1905 - 958 pages
...friends ; and some came to look on ; and that he was one.of them that came to look on " ll . But men must know that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and Angels to be lookers on * 2 ; neither could the like question ever have been raised in the Church (notwithstanding it has been... | |
 | Edwin Bormann - 1906 - 268 pages
...played it merely as if he had been upon the stage. Tiberius, who was never seen in a play. But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is...reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. Quid cut deformius quam scenam in vitam transferre ? From " De Augmentis Scientiarum " : Dramatica... | |
 | Harold Bayley - Criticism - 1906 - 418 pages
...to sit and learn prevention by other men's perils. LODGE (PREFACE to Josep hus} 1602. Men must learn that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and the angels to be lookers on. BACON (Advancement of Learning) 1 605. I have given the rule : where a... | |
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on... 
