 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...man marvel at the play of puppets, that goeth behind the curtain, and adviseth well of the motion. the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other then an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 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... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 312 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,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...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... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...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 divbieness of souls excepted, will not seem much oiher than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, •liat 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 thui an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 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 1 tumultuaria cognitw.... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...drowneth that which is weighty and solid. LORD BACON 188. PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE. So certainly, if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divincness of souls except) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas1 some ants carry corn... | |
 | Sir Charles Bell - 1865 - 358 pages
...world. To him, " the earth, with Man upon it, does not seem much more than an ant-hill, where some anta carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust." The danger of adopting such disproportioned views of man's estate,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...man meditate upon 1 A perpetua] feast of nectar" J tweets. Where no -.rua* nurfclt rebrni.— Conoi. the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it, the divincness of souls excepted, will not seem much other thtn an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn,... | |
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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... 
