 Christian : that Hercules, when he went to unbind Prometheus, by whom human nature is represented, sailed the length of the great ocean in an earthen pot or pitcher ; lively describing Christian resolution, that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh...  Essays - Page 19by Francis Bacon - 1883 - 217 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 pages
...potes. DRUNKENNESS. Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania. Seneea. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. . . . Prosperity doth best discover vice ; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon, PAST AND... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 pages
...Scnct.a. DRUNKENNESS. Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania. Seneca. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. . . . Prosperitydoth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. PAST AND FUTURE.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 678 pages
...That Hercules, when her went to vnbinde Prometheus, (by whom Human Nature is reprefented)_/izz7(Y/ the length of the great Ocean, in an Earthen Pot, or Pitcher: Liuely defcribing Chriftian Refolution; that faileth, in the fraile Barke of the Flefh, thorow the... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR. No min can avoid his own company ; so he had best, make it as good as possible. The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. A Chinese newspaper has entered upon its two thousandth volume. It has lost all its original subscribers.... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...ENGLISH PROSE, SECTION I. MORAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. [LORD BACON. 1561—1626.] PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. THE virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...to have some approach to the state of a Christian : that Hercules, when he went to unbind Prometheus (by whom human nature is represented), sailed the...length of the great ocean in an earthen pot or pitcher : lively'describing Christian resolution, that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh thorough the... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...pitcher: livt-lv describing Christian resolution, that •üileth in the frail bark of the flesh, thorough ains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the eea ; And musing there an hour alon lliu virtue of adversity is fortitude; which in moral.« is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity ь... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 pages
...words are wasted, and so the ideas are said to be concisely expressed. I'BOSPEEITT AND ADVERSITY. " The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...to have some approach to the state of a Christian,' that Hercules, when he went to unbind Prometheus (by whom human nature is represented), sailed the...through the waves of the world.' But to speak in a mean, 7 the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...appearance of approach to the state of a Christian, that Hercules when he went to unbind Prometheus (by whom human nature is represented), sailed the...describing Christian resolution, that saileth in the fratl bark of the flesh through the waves of the world. But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity... | |
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