 ... 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
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 348 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes, Emollit mores, nee sinit esseferos. 1 Nil novi super terrain. tate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...man medi- 30 1 Scilicet ingenuas didicisse fideliter artei, Emollit mores, nee sinit esse feros. tate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go s empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust, jt taketh_ away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
...of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, that the old tales went of ; )J 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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
...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 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 ;... | |
 | 1905 - 958 pages
...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 frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineuess of souls except) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas some ants carry corn,... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...with men upon it, thedivinenessof souls excepted, 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. it taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune: which... | |
 | Grace Norton - 1908 - 258 pages
...contre-balancer l'eloquence et perfection du parler que Cicero avoit employé au livre de la louange de Caton. 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. 76. (1, viii, 1). MONTAIGNE, Livre II, 12. Ce n'est qu'une fonnilliere... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1909 - 78 pages
...had finished his work. Whether he was satisfied with it or not depends upon his ideals. Bacon says: If a man meditate much upon the universal frame of...nature, the earth with men upon it — the divineness of the soul excepted — will not seem much other than an ant hill, where some ants carry corn and some... | |
 | Pierre Villey - 1913 - 124 pages
...que (i) Voir mon ouvrage sur les Sources et l'Evolution des Essais de Montaigne, t. II, p. 2i2. (2) Certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it... will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,... | |
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