 | 1858 - 770 pages
...virtue. ' "And William felt much ashamed, remembering in part his dream. " 'Yes,' said Dame Elizabeth, 'prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New I' " ' Right, Bess, right ! and it carrieth the greater benediction and the dearer revelation of God's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...of adversity is fortitude, which In morals Is the more hcrolcal virtue. Prosperity Is the blesulng of the Old Testament, Adversity is the blessing of the New, which earrieth the greater benediction, and the clearvi revelation of God'* tuvor. Yet even In the OU Testament,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...through the waves of the world." But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals...heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old 'IVstament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carricth the greater benediction, and the clearer... | |
 | 1859 - 594 pages
...such discipline being better to them than increase of goods or honour. " Prosperity," says Bacon, " is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrycth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour." The great philosopher is... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1008 pages
...and softer. The following passage, first published in 1625, will show the extent of the change : " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | William Wallace Fyfe - 1860 - 208 pages
...employed by implication, and in the way of contrast, to intimate the very spirit of gaiety : — " Even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's...you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as Carols." Whilst in Dryden we have this : — " Opposed to her, on t'other side advance The costly feast, the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 680 pages
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 | Russell Lant Carpenter - 1860 - 176 pages
...incentive to filial obedience, seem to me to speak as heathens or Jews, rather than as Christians. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which canieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour." (Bacon's Essays, v.)... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 512 pages
...show the extent of the . . change : " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testa- *• ° r• ment; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
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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. 
