 ... some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue and imperfections of...  Of the Advancement of Learning - Page 54by Francis Bacon - 1915 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...to Mm that he was advertised of the battles of tile frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of: so certainly if a man meditate much upon the universal...some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigatcth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 pages
...advertised of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, that the old tales went of;" so certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the Earth, with men upon it, (the divineness of souls excepted,) will not serve much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of ; " — so certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of Nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1893 - 560 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." So, certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divinenessof souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 pages
...to him that he was advertised of the battles of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of: so certainly if a man meditate much upon the universal...some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1900 - 544 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." So, certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of.' So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth, with...some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1901 - 572 pages
...battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of ; " — so certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of Nature, the earth with men upon it, the divinenesa of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn,... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 352 pages
...of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, that the old tales went of ; " so certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the Earth, with men upon it, (the divineness of souls excepted, ) will not serve much other than an anthill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Sir Charles Bell, Jeffries Wyman - 1902 - 166 pages
...littleness : — "To him the earth with men upon it, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust." l He is afraid to think himself an object of Divine care ; but when... | |
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