 | John Moore - 1783 - 490 páginas
...led us forth at hit. The barren wildernefs he paft, Did on the very border fland Of the bled promifed land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit Saw it himfelf, and fhewed us it. mer :— ttier : — To which Voltaire replied — Mo'ife, ne begayoit-il... | |
 | William Seward - 1799 - 376 páginas
...us forth at laft, The barren wildernefs he paft ; Did on the very border ftand Of the blefl promifed land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. GALILEO. . Tuts great Philofopher having feen a telefeope invented by Metius,... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 312 páginas
...supThe same allusion was long since made by Cowley— Bacon, like Muses, led us forth at !;i i. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border...stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain lop of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it. posed him to be an aventurieur, un imposteiir.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 páginas
...many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 páginas
...many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 450 páginas
...Voltaire did not know it, was long •ince made by Cowley Bacon like Moses led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain top of his exali«d wit Saw it himself, and shew'd ui it.... | |
 | 1825 - 590 páginas
...Committee of Civil Engineers and Practical Mechanics. ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed us it."... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 páginas
...led as forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, . Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd as it.'" . COWIEY'I Oie to the Royal Society. This eloquent delineation is worthy of its illustrious... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 páginas
...forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest premised land ; * And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it.'" COWLEY'S Ode to the Roy&l Society* This eloquent delineation is worthy of its illustrious... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 páginas
...forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest premised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it.'" CowLEY'* Ode to the Royal Society. This eloquent delineation is worthy of its illustrious... | |
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And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted... 
