 | Alexander Young - 1840 - 256 pages
...and found * " If the invention of the ship," says Lord Bacon, " was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...regions in participation of their fruits, how much more arc letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1840 - 760 pages
...in the language of the master genius of their age, "a secure harbour CHAPTER xxx vnr. for letters, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas • of...make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, the illumination, and inventions the one of the other." What scene more sublime, what more glorious... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1840 - 760 pages
...the language of the master genius of their age, "a secure harbour CHAPTER . D XXXVIII. for letters, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time,...make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, the illumination, and inventions the one of the other." What scene more sublime, what more glorious... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1840 - 762 pages
...their age, "a secure harbour CHAPTER for letters, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas ' \\XVIIf of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, the illumination, and inventions the one of the other." What scene more sublime, what more glorious... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 pages
...applicable to this species of it ? " If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...the vast seas of time, and make ages, so distant, participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other." The credit attached... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 pages
...applicable to this species of it ? " If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as chips pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages, so distant, participate of the wisdom, illuminations,... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages ; so that, if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other ? — Lord Bacon. CHRISTIAN UNITY. By all accounts there are few mountains drenched in more copious... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh, J. G. Marvin - 1843 - 130 pages
...the world. ' If,' says Lord Bacon, ' the intention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant, participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other ! ' Alas ! gentlemen,... | |
 | William Dobson - 1845 - 204 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages : so that, if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other ? — Bacon, " Advancement of Learning.-" WEDNESDAY, April 7. Into Latin Hexameters. Spirit. To the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 232 pages
...opinions in succeeding ages. So that, if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth...magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast was of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions the... | |
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So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships... 
