 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
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.3 First he breathed light upon the face of the matter,...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet (Lucretius) that beautified the sect (the Epicureans) that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 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...and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet,5 that beautified the sect,' that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 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...breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breathe tli and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet,5 that beautified the sect,6... | |
 | Oscar Kuhns - 1913 - 248 pages
...translation, contains what Lord Tennyson calls the noblest passage of prose in the English language : "It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see the ships tost upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 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...and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet1 that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well:... | |
 | 1915 - 436 pages
...of his spirit. First, lie breathed life upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed life into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth...inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: "It is pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 pages
...the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of [бо his he way skips tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a [70 castle, and to see a battle and... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of [60 his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the...inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: // is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - 540 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...otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : // is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand... | |
 | 1916 - 792 pages
...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbalh work ever since, is the illumination of his rry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid 95 3 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It is a pleasure to stand upon... | |
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