 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 - Side 352af Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 580 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Walter Steeves - 1910 - 272 sider
...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 Mountains top of his exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1911 - 542 sider
...forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd Promised Land, And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit Saw it himself, and showed us it. VIII. From France come the great names of Moliere and Racine : how are we to place these... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 424 sider
...both their laws ; who, in Science, 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.8 Grand conceptions these, yet... | |
 | James Moffatt - 1913 - 252 sider
...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 showed us it." — A COWLEY. " Thou mindest me... | |
 | Flora Masson - 1914 - 344 sider
...Diary, February 1, 1664. " 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 Mountains-top of his Exalted Wit Saw it himself and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow... | |
 | Emile Boutroux, Alois Riehl, Alfred Denis Godley - 1914 - 160 sider
...Desarts 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 Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1976 - 408 sider
...Desarts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led ns forth at last The barren Wilderness he post, Did on the very Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shewed ns it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1925 - 454 sider
...as Cowley wrote of Bacon, Moray, ' Like Moses, lead 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.' For with the granting of the Royal... | |
 | Sir William Hale-White - 1927 - 64 sider
...society, writes thus : — " 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 shewed us it " [45] . So much for the past opinion... | |
 | Kevin Dunn - 1994 - 266 sider
...his followers. Cowley writes, 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 Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
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