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" Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. "
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon - Page 55
by Francis Bacon - 1888 - 307 pages
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...of the Old Testament; adversity is the hlessing of the New, which carrieth the greater henediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath lahoured more in descrihing the afflictions...
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 6

Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856 - 708 pages
...ADVERSITY. PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation...in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp yon shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...Medium. ' Temperance, with golden square, Betwixt them both can measure out a mean.'—Shakespere. favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse -like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many ,hcarse-like airs l as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the...
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Introduction to English literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...said, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencils of the Holy Ghost have laboured more in describing the...
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The Scottish Christian journal

1857 - 372 pages
...virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the...
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The North British Review, Volumes 26-27

1857 - 632 pages
...Adversity. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the...
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The North British Review, Volumes 26-27

1857 - 654 pages
...favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost...more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felici' ties of Solomon. Prosperity is not without, many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not...
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Pencilled Passages

1857 - 240 pages
...adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even, in the Old Testament,...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...Medium. ' Temperance, with golden square, Betwixt them both can measure out a mean.' — Shakespere. favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the...
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