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" But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. "
A sermon [on Jonah i. 8,9] preached at the Oxford-shire feast, at St. Mary ... - Page 19
by John Hartcliffe - 1684
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...little do men perceive what Solitude is, and how far it extendeth : for a Crowd is not Company, and Faces are but a Gallery of Pictures, and Talk but a Tinkling Cymbal , where there is no Love. TheLatine Adage meeteth with it a little, Magna Civitas, magnafolitiido;...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little ; " magna civitas, magna solitude...
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The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1801 - 222 pages
...These indeed are all that a wise man would desire to assemble; " for a crowd is not company, and 123 faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." BACON'S Essays, xxvii. NOTE d. P. 107, 1. 11. From every point a ray of genius...
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The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1801 - 208 pages
...9. These indeed are all that a wise man would desire to assemble; " for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." BACON'S Essays, xxvii. NOTE d. P. 107, 1. 11. From every point a ray of genius...
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The Pleasures of Memory: With Other Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 308 pages
...p. These indeed are all that a wise man would desire to assemble; " for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." BACON'S Essays, xxvii. NoTEd. P. 103, 1. 11. • From every point a ray of...
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Aubrey: A Novel, Volume 2

Robert Charles Dallas - 1804 - 310 pages
...determined to make them completely acquainted with the man who afks their love. ' A crowd is not company, faces * are but a gallery of pictures, and talk * but a tinkling cymbal where there is. ' not love,' faid one well acquainted with nature : c you may take farza to c open...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is uo love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little; " magna civitas, magna solitudo;"...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth, for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little, Magna ctvitat, magna solitude ; because,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little ; " magna civitas, " magna solitudo...
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Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 260 pages
...9. These indeed are all that a wise man would desire to assemble ; " for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." NoTEd. P. 72, 1. 16. From every point a ray of genius flows ! By this means,...
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