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" 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... "
The North American Review - Page 57
1843
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...predecessors went, 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...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...predecessors went, 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...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...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 Promised land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it. But life did never to one man...
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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 pages
...Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah: " Did on the very border stand " Of the blest promis'd land; " And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, " Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." Synthetical Methods, shew, in a still more explicit manner, the strong impression which...
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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah : " Did on the very border stand " Of the blest promis'd land ; " And from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, " Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." The metaphorical phrases of scala ascensoria et scala descensoria, which Bacon applies...
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The life of John Moore, M. D. A view of society and manners in France ...

John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 450 pages
...? • The same allusion, though probably Voltaire did not know it, was long •ince made by Cowley Bacon like Moses led 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 exali«d...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 13

British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...predecessors went, And, like the' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us 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's top of...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 3

1825 - 590 pages
...PRINTER. MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, CONDUCTED BY A Committee of Civil Engineers and Practical Mechanics. ' Bacon, like Moses, led 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...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Philosophical essays

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 pages
...which Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah: " Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the 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...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Philosophical essays

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 pages
...which Moses enjoyed from the top of Mount Pisgah : " Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the 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...
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