 | 1850 - 772 pages
...advertised of the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of.' So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature,...not seem much other than an ant-hill, where as some ante carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 pages
...reise man, we may suppose] the Earth with men upon it will not seem much other than an Ant-hill : where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty — and all to and from a little heap of dust ! ' Bacon. A. ' Musick is thought to have some affinity with dancing,... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...things are admired, either because they are new, or because they are great. * * * If a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineness of souls excepted) will not seem more than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 pages
...things are admired, either because they are new, or because they are great. * * * If a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineness of souls excepted) will not seem more than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...with the men upon it (the divineness of souls excepted) will not seem more than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away ormittigateth fearof death, or adverse fortune : which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth, with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune ;... | |
 | 1838 - 590 pages
...littleness : " to him the earth with men upon it, " will not seem much other than an " ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, " and some carry their young, and some " go empty, and all to and fro a little " heap of dust."* He is afraid to think himself an object of Divine care ; but... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...advertised of the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature,...except,) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to-and-fro a little... | |
 | miss Aylmer (fict. name.) - 1840 - 968 pages
...She moved alone among the minions of the world ; the earth with men upon it ; the ant-hill, " where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all too and fro, a little heap of dust," jumbling together and snatching for the best. Miss Aylmer moved... | |
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... some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue and imperfections of... 
