 | Francis Bacon - 1996 - 872 pages
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 | Philip Edwards - 1997 - 248 pages
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 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...British poet. "The Hound of Heaven," st. 1 , Poems (1893). Merry England (London, July 1890). Bible 1 Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Adversity," (1597-1... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...quarter; and sever it wholly from their serious affairs and actions of life. 692 Essays 'Of Adversity' e ... I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched! 8 693 Essays 'Of Adversity' Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not... | |
 | Roslynn D. Haynes, Roslynn Doris Haynes - 1998 - 406 pages
...the writers. When Sturt begins hisyourna/for Charlotte with the preamble 'Prosperity, Dearest, was the blessing of the Old Testament, Adversity is the blessing of the New, and the knowledge of this should be a useful lesson to us, and if it please GOD to permit my return... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...mean.2 The virtue of Prosperity is temperance, the virtue of Adversity is fortitude; which in morals3 is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing...the blessing of the New; which carrieth the greater benediction,4 and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen... | |
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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. 
