 | Amelia Opie - 1827 - 280 pages
...question. " But to pass from theological and philosophical truth — to truth, or rather veracity, in civil business, it will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and sound dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of... | |
 | Walter Henry Burton - 1828 - 84 pages
...system that we owe the fine astronomical allusion in his Essay on Truth : " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to " have a man's mind move in charity, rest...Providence, and " turn upon the poles of truth." to an angle in the other, the two triangles might be so applied to each other, that two sides of the one... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1829 - 570 pages
...written than all the volumes of all the Greek philosophers: let me read it. " Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." BARROW. Magnificent as Shakespeare. NEWTON. He who wrote tragedies ? BARROW. The same : I have lately... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...present, there might be two, if such regulations took place. — Goldsmith. DCXLVI. It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move In charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. — lard Bacon. DCXLVn. An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...present, there might be two, if such regulations took place.—Goldsmith. DCXLVI. It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.—Lord Bacon. DCXLVII. An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie... | |
 | 1832 - 508 pages
...probably caused by the melting of the snow on Mount Lebanon. — Parkhurst. Certainly 'tis heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. — Lord Bacon. Methinks if ye would know How visitations of calamity Affect the pious soul, 'tis shewn... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in...practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. BACON. HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. BY BISHOP HEBER. O Saviour, whom this holy morn Gave to our world below... | |
 | 1833 - 744 pages
...always that this prospect be with pity, and not^with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth " to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." He repeated the last sentence ; — " ' Turn upon the poles of truth!' How beautiful ! There, Sir,... | |
 | Andrew Carmichael - 1833 - 122 pages
...which ia the enjoying of it — are the sovereign good of human nature. * Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.1 LORD BACON. LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OP SPURZHEIM. a/ BY ANDREW CARMICHAEL, MRI A, LATE PRESIDENT... | |
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... a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene : and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below:" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it... 
