 | Manual - 1809 - 288 Seiten
...be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene :) and to see the errors, and wandrings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below : so always...Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...rest, saith yet excellently well, " 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...Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 Seiten
...the adventure thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to that of standing on the vantage-ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and where the...wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below." The true Christian goes farther than the pagan poet. He sees his brother wandering and yearns to help... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 Seiten
...air is " always clear and serene), and to see the er" rors and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below :" so always that this "prospect...Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 Seiten
...adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of Truth (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth. To pass from theological and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 Seiten
...thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of Truth (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth. To pass from theological and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 Seiten
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the...Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 Seiten
...saith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and •' to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to stand " in the window...to see " the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 Seiten
..." the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is " comparable to the standing upon the vantage u ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and "...to see " the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 Seiten
...rest, saith yet excellently well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of...Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move iu charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological and... | |
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed 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... 
