 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - 1897 - 308 pages
...And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past,...his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. ' Cowley died on July 28th, 1667, in his forty-ninth year. He was honoured with a tomb in Westminster... | |
 | Emma A. Yarnall - 1897 - 254 pages
...forth at last, The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit Saw it himself and showed us it. l) Masson's Life of Milton, vol. 6, p. 395. *) Cowley's Works, 1700, p. 35. But life... | |
 | 1903 - 636 pages
...And, like the old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed us it. But... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 522 pages
...him a wilderness of dreary sands and bitter waters in which successive genera1 " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit Saw it himself and show'd us it."... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1905 - 522 pages
...went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past,...his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too ; Nor can so short a line... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 484 pages
...went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In Desarts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren Wilderness he past,...Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 484 pages
...went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In Desarts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren Wilderness he past,...Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 488 pages
...Wilderness he past, Did on the very Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow Time to Discover Worlds, and Conquer too ; Nor can so short a Line... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1907 - 522 pages
...— " Bacon at last, a mighty man, arose, . . . And boldly undertook the injur'd pupi1's cause. ... led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past...exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT IN FRANCE. development of its resources and the gathering of its riches. But the... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1907 - 482 pages
...— " Bacon at last, a mighty man, arose, . . . And boldly undertook the injur'd pupil's cause. ... led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past;...exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it." THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT IN FRANCE. development of its resources and the gathering of its riches. But the... | |
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And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit,... 
