The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human ...W. Pickering, 1825 - Всего страниц: 402 |
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... saith of the wisest king , “ That his heart was as the sands of the sea ; " which though it be one of the largest bodies , yet it consisteth of the smallest and finest portions ; so hath God given your majesty a composition of ...
... saith of the wisest king , “ That his heart was as the sands of the sea ; " which though it be one of the largest bodies , yet it consisteth of the smallest and finest portions ; so hath God given your majesty a composition of ...
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... saith of Augustus Cæsar ; " Augusto profluens , et quæ principem deceret , eloquentia fuit . " ( His eloquence was fluent , and worthy of a prince . ) For , if we note it well , speech that is uttered with labour and difficulty , or ...
... saith of Augustus Cæsar ; " Augusto profluens , et quæ principem deceret , eloquentia fuit . " ( His eloquence was fluent , and worthy of a prince . ) For , if we note it well , speech that is uttered with labour and difficulty , or ...
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... saith , " The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets . " If then ... saith , " knowledge puffeth up , but charity buildeth up ; " not unlike unto that which he delivereth in another ...
... saith , " The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets . " If then ... saith , " knowledge puffeth up , but charity buildeth up ; " not unlike unto that which he delivereth in another ...
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... saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tinkling cymbal ; " not but that it is an excellent thing to speak with the tongues of men and angels , but because , if it be severed from charity ...
... saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tinkling cymbal ; " not but that it is an excellent thing to speak with the tongues of men and angels , but because , if it be severed from charity ...
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... saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same ...
... saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same ...
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Стр. 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Стр. 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Стр. 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Стр. 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Стр. 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Стр. 364 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Стр. 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Стр. 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Стр. 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Стр. 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.