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,... Philosophical Essays - Sivu 352tekijä(t) Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 580 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 sivua
...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, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 sivua
...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, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 sivua
...interiores" que scientiae alicujus partes, si stet super piano " ejusdem sciential, neque altioris scientiae veluti " speculum conscendat :" — An allusion not...exalted wit, " Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." The metaphorical phrases of scala ascensoria et scala descensoria, which Bacon applies to the Analytical... | |
| 1843 - 706 sivua
...forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And, from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, • Saw it himself, and showed us it." One quality, which has added to the popularity and consequently to the influence of... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 sivua
...scientiae alicujus partes, si stet super piano ejusdem scientiae, neque altioris scientiae veluti speculam conscendat: "—An allusion not more logically appropriate,...mountain-top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it." The metaphorical phrases of scala ascensoria et scala descensoria, which Bacon applies... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 sivua
...scientice alicujus paries, si stet super piano ejusdem scientiae, neque altioris scientiae veluti speculam conscendat : " — An allusion not more logically...mountain-top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it." The metaphorical phrases of scala ascensoria et sepia descensoria, which Bacon applies... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sivua
...'U-serts but of Minall extent, Hacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it. But life did never to one man... | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1878 - 830 sivua
...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 exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed us it." Kuno Fischer says that Bacon was an " epoch-making " thinker, who put men into a new... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - 504 sivua
...forth at last, The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself and showed us it.' " Before making my present proposition, I referred to the bill of 1821, which had been... | |
| Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 570 sivua
...goes on to state that the great philosopher, " 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, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." The Society is then apostrophized:... | |
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