From these and all long errors of the way, In which our wandering 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... Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Page 198by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 pages
...us forth at kilt, The barren wildernefs he paft, Did on the very border (land Of the bleft promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and ihew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds, and conquer... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 pages
...forth at laft i The barren wildernefs he paft ; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land ; And, from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...us forth at laft : The barren wildernefs he paft; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 312 pages
...he supThe same allusion was long since made by Cowley— Bacon, like Muses, led us forth at !;i i. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain lop of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 322 pages
...The same allusion was long since made by Cowley — Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, '1 lu' barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
| 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...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. But... | |
| 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...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. But... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 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...mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too j Nor can... | |
| 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...border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain top of his exali«d wit Saw it himself, and shew'd ui it. You must have heard of the animosity... | |
| 1843 - 706 pages
...expressed the nature of the service, which the great Improver of Learning rendered to his fellowmen. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And, from the mountain-top of his... | |
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