Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen14Brown and Taggard, 1861 |
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Página 67
... the other meditations are . But the printing is in this respect careless throughout ; and there can be little doubt that it was meant to stand as a text prefixed to the meditation . bum in miraculis quæ edidit ( omne autem miraculum est.
... the other meditations are . But the printing is in this respect careless throughout ; and there can be little doubt that it was meant to stand as a text prefixed to the meditation . bum in miraculis quæ edidit ( omne autem miraculum est.
Página 72
... in the original : no doubt by accident . The error was corrected by M. Bouillet ; who gives the reference , Statius , Theb . lib . iii . v . 6 . gratique in præterita , obliti fere præsentium , semper juvenes 72 MEDITATIONES SACRÆ .
... in the original : no doubt by accident . The error was corrected by M. Bouillet ; who gives the reference , Statius , Theb . lib . iii . v . 6 . gratique in præterita , obliti fere præsentium , semper juvenes 72 MEDITATIONES SACRÆ .
Página 87
... doubt there is a sense of gain : true : yet had it not been better to gain the whole by hoping not at all , than the difference by hoping too little ? And such is the effect of hope in prosperity . But in adversity it enervates the true ...
... doubt there is a sense of gain : true : yet had it not been better to gain the whole by hoping not at all , than the difference by hoping too little ? And such is the effect of hope in prosperity . But in adversity it enervates the true ...
Página 100
... doubt upon it , it may take its place with the others . A fourth prayer of Bacon's there is , of the authen- ticity of which I have no doubt . But as its peculiar significance depends upon the occasion on which it was composed , I ...
... doubt upon it , it may take its place with the others . A fourth prayer of Bacon's there is , of the authen- ticity of which I have no doubt . But as its peculiar significance depends upon the occasion on which it was composed , I ...
Página 111
... doubt whether there are many readers who fully realise the situation . All poe- try , but more especially lyrical poetry , requires many things to be translated besides the words , before it can bear flower and fruit in another language ...
... doubt whether there are many readers who fully realise the situation . All poe- try , but more especially lyrical poetry , requires many things to be translated besides the words , before it can bear flower and fruit in another language ...
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Página 181 - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 105 - Let the words of our mouths, and the meditations of our hearts be now and ever gracious in thy sight, and acceptable unto thee, O Lord, our God, our strength, and our Redeemer.
Página 119 - The world's a bubble and the Life of Man Less than a span In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns on water, or but writes in dust. Yet...
Página 105 - ... seat, acknowledging that by the breach of all thy holy laws and commandments, we are become wild olive branches, strangers to thy covenant of grace ; we have defaced in ourselves thy sacred image imprinted in us by creation ; we have sinned against heaven and before thee, and are no more worthy to be called thy children. O admit us into the place even of hired servants. Lord, thou hast formed us in our mothers...
Página 191 - IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another ; therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree.
Página 116 - The man of life upright, Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds, Or thought of vanity; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent: That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence. Nor secret vaults to fly From thunder's violence: He only can behold With unaffrighted eyes The horrors of the deep And terrors of the skies.
Página 92 - For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Página 111 - I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel; For words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the Soul within. But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
Página 92 - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Página 88 - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.