 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - Страниц: 230
...Mofes, led us forth at kilt, The barren wildernefs he paft, Did on the very border (land Of the bleft promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and ihew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds, and conquer... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - Страниц: 296
...Mofes, led us forth at laft : The barren wildernefs he paft; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - Страниц: 312
...he 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.... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - Страниц: 322
...The same allusion was long since made by Cowley — Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, '1 lu' barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - Страниц: 294
...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...his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds and conquer too ; Nor can so short a line... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - Страниц: 296
...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...his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds and conquer too ; Nor can so short a line... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1811 - Страниц: 590
...philosophy, to the distant view of the promised land, which Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah: " Did on the very border stand " Of the blest promis'd land; " And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, " Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." Synthetical Methods, shew, in... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1816 - Страниц: 644
...philosophy, to the distant view of the promised land, which Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah : " Did on the very border stand " Of the blest promis'd land ; " And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, " Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." The metaphorical phrases of scala... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - Страниц: 450
...allusion, though probably 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. You... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 348
...forth at last : The barren wilderness he pass'd ; Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promised land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds and conquer too ; Nor can... | |
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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 wit,... 
