 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 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... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 pages
...out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books." — Ibid. " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 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... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pages
...out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books." — Ibid. " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 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 fear of death or adverse fortune ;... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...the battle of the frogs and the mice, that the old tales went off." 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 seein much other than au ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...advertised of the battles of tile 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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 pages
...advertised of the Battle of the Frogs and 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 serve much other than an ant-hill, where some ants carry corn, and some carry their... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 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 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... 
