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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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England - Page 389
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of." So certainly, if a man meditate ss, where it is no mate, but yet the game cannot stir: but this last were fitter for a s excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, tint 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 set-in much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their...
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Exercises on Words: Designed as a Course of Practice on the Rudiments of ...

William Russell - 1856 - 240 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 anthill ; whereas sonic ants carry corn, and some carry...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...advertised of the battles of the frogs and the mice, that the old talcs 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...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...advertised of the battles 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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857 - 856 pages
...advertised of the battles 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...will find that printed in his heart, " / know nofl.inn " TVoilV.0, -on „„,, _. — 1 -. .1 -1 r *_ the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls exempted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 pages
...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, and some go empty, and ill to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune...
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The Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...advertised of the battles of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of: so certainly if a mail meditate much upon the universal frame of nature,...except) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas some ants curry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...influence any mind, which lets Its hopes anil fears wander towards future and far distant events. **lf a man/* says Bacon, *' meditate much upon the universal...frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, (the divint-m*ss ofsuuls except,) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where as some ants carry corn,...
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