 | Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro - 1842 - 264 pages
...been contemplating: " The earth, with man upon it, does not seem much other than an anthill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all go to and from a little heap of dust." But when we consider how fearfully and wonderfully we are made—when... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...the battles 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... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1844 - 316 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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 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,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...all 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 divinenoss of souls eicepted) will not seem more than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...the nature of the passion, it Is difficult to sup| pose that it can influence any mind, which lets iu hopes and fears wander towards future and far distant...frame of nature, the earth with men upon It, (the divinenesa of eonls except,) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where as some ants carry corn,... | |
 | 1848 - 460 pages
...be fit to bear a part in the government of the Commonwealth." "If a man," says Lord Bacon, "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, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 pages
...be fit to bear a part in the government of the Commonwealth." "If a man," says Lord Bacon, "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, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...train of their duty. With respect to the nature oftke рлзпопу it Is difficult to suppose that il of all the persons living that I have known, your...that the mind of man by nature knoweth all things, dmnenoss of soufo except,) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where as some ants carry corn,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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... | |
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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... 
