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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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Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pages
...with men upon it (the divineness of souls 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 heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fe_ar._Qf death or adverse fortune;...
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A History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical Sketches

William Francis Collier - 1869 - 572 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 div'meness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn,...
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John Heywood's Manchester readers. [With] Key, pt.1,2, Book 5

John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 232 pages
...for 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 divineness of souls accepted — will not seem more than an ant hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their...
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A History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical Sketches

William Francis Collier - 1871 - 564 pages
...battla of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went of ; " — so certainly, if a man ii^ecUtate 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 acme ants carry corn, and some carry their...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

1872 - 556 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 cany corn, and some carry their young,...
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A practical introduction to English composition on a new plan

John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 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 anthill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,...
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Biography Exemplary and Instructive

William Chambers - 1873 - 326 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 divineness of souls excepted) will not seem more than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,...
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Typical selections from the best English authors, with ..., Volume 1

English authors - 1876 - 484 pages
...advertised of the batlies of the frogs and the mice, lhal 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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Bacon: The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 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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Chambers's national reading-books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...earth. 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...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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