 The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 12by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and •' to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and " the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the...into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspircth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beantified the sect, that was otherwise... | |
 | 1824 - 726 pages
...HENRY LACEY, Paternoster-Ro<j), London. T, C. Hansard. Pater-noster-Row Pras. Jftudeum, , journal, It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea ,- a pica Mire to stand in the window of a castle and to soc a battle j but no pleasure is comparable to... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...heightens the effect of the most delightful prospects. Who does not feel the truth of that observation of the " poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest :" — "Suave marl magno tiu-bnntil HIS aeqnora vertís E terra alterius sœvum spectare dolorem."... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...heightens the effect of the most delightful prospects. Who does not feel the truth of that observation of the "poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest :" — "Suave mari magno turbantibus reqnora vertis E terra altering sxvvim spectare dolorcm." For... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit, First he breathed light upon the face of the...pleasure ' to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...sense : the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of...he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of H^ chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellent... | |
 | 1825 - 594 pages
...Sabbathwork, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the fare of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspired) light into the face of his chosen. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the...into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and iuspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise... | |
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