 Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 3by Francis Bacon - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Sandford - 1836 - 470 pages
...in truth is a Christian happiness. For, certainly, as the great philosopher of our country says, " It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."* The love of truth is evidenced in the lesser as well as in the graver transactions of life, — in... | |
 | 1836 - 554 pages
...the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below:' so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charily, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." — (Bacon.) p. vi. Now, all this is... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below : " so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. — Bacon. CONTENTMENT. — It is the general misfortune not to be content with what we have; not to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect : that is a vein which would be bridled ; " Farce,...as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had ne acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honour of man's... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pages
...philosophers, Francis Bacon, in the following energetic sentence, — " Certainly it is heaven and earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." As perspicuity should always be the marked characteristic of a report, we shall in this digested analysis,... | |
 | 1838 - 728 pages
...symptoms in the present state of society, this is the most frightful. ' Certainly,' says Lord Bacon, ' it is Heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity' — but he adds also, ' to rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.' But what truth can... | |
 | 1838 - 574 pages
...symptoms in the present state of society, this is the most frightful. ' Certainly,' says Lord Bacon, ' it is Heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity' — but he adds also, ' to rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.' But what truth can... | |
 | 518 pages
...SKETCH THE FOURTH— THE COUNTRY PARSON. " It Is Indeed a heaven upon earth, to see a man's mind mov« in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."— LORD BACON. Sydney Smith's fancy sketch of the machinery of a first-class clerical novel was on this... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 pages
...the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below ;' so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." While deeply sensible of the imperfections of these essays, which he again lays before the public,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...errors, perturbations, labours, and wanderings up and down of other men." " So always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." many needless incumbrances and vexatious toils of fruitless endeavours she redeems and secures us.... | |
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