 | Tales, William Pitt Scargill - 1829 - 362 páginas
...away unperceived, I could not help repeating from Bacon, " It is Heaven upon earth to have a maa's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." The benediction which I received at parting from Mr. Stockdale, must, I felt, carry a blessing with... | |
 | 1829 - 876 páginas
...religion if these words of the illus* trious Bacon were graven on their hearts — " Men's minds should move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth." The general spirit of the discourse is truly admirable. It is refreshing to turn to the pure atmosphere... | |
 | 1829 - 930 páginas
...religion if these words of the illustrious Bacon were graven on their hearts — " Men's minds should move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth." The general spirit of the discourse is truly admirable. It is refreshing to turn to the pure atmosphere... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1830 - 464 páginas
...adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below." — BACON. • WATKINS AND HILL'S SELF-REGULATING RAIN-GAUGEA VOL. X. 34 SELF-REGULATING RAIN GAUGE.... | |
 | 1832 - 508 páginas
...which is probably caused by the melting of the snow on Mount Lebanon. — Parkhurst. Certainly 'tis heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity,...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. — Lord Bacon. Methinks if ye would know How visitations of calamity Affect the pious soul, 'tis shewn... | |
 | 1833 - 814 páginas
...adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. BACON. HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. BY BISHOP HEBER. О Saviour, whom this holy morn Gave to our world below... | |
 | 1833 - 744 páginas
...adventures thereof, below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...below, so always that this prospect be with pity, and not^with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth " to have a man's mind move in charity,... | |
 | Andrew Carmichael - 1833 - 122 páginas
...and the belief of truth, which ia the enjoying of it — are the sovereign good of human nature. * Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.1 LORD BACON. LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OP SPURZHEIM. a/ BY ANDREW CARMICHAEL, MRI A, LATE PRESIDENT... | |
 | 596 páginas
...adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not "to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see errors and wanderings, and mists ana ten, pests, in the vale below ; ' so always that this prospect... | |
 | John Greene - 1834 - 400 páginas
...adventures thereof, below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." He repeated the last sentence;—" ' Turn upon the poles of truth !' How beautiful! There, Sir, I will... | |
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground... 
