| 1856 - 600 pàgines
...history to favour them. With regard to the seventh day, space only allows me to point to the solntion. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit."* What a beautiful thought ! God's sabbath... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pàgines
...is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear... | |
| 1857 - 996 pàgines
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; arid the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The...of GOD, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and His Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of His... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1857 - 880 pàgines
...the love-making, or wooing, of it, — the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature." Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both... | |
| 1857 - 632 pàgines
...is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. Certainly it is a heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn... | |
| 1857 - 444 pàgines
...which is the love-making and wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." But truth is not only divine, it is also enduring. Only that which is pervaded by it abides the lapse... | |
| 1857 - 652 pàgines
...which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind so weak but it mates * and masters... | |
| William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 pàgines
...truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE." But what is the practical use ? Let Schlegel answer : — " The admiration of Shakespeare remained... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pàgines
...is the love-making, or wooing of it — the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature."— FKAXCIS BACON. SHAKESPEAEE NOT AN IMPOSTOR. CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE. " Then what do those... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pàgines
...which is the Love-making or Wooing of it ; the Knowledge of Truth, which is the Prefence of it ; and the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human Nature. s The allufion is probably to S. Jerome, in Epiflol. who lays, " Daemonem cibus eft carmina Poetarum,"... | |
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