 | Francis Bacon - 1854
...is temperarice ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude ; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...hear as many hearse-like airs -as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 411 Seiten
...allayed. This was the melancholy state of the king's affairs when the standard was set up." History of the Rebellion, book vp 308. WBR " And why is it that suffering...describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."-)The moral use of tragic poetry consists then in such employment of poetic truth that the... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 387 Seiten
...the king's affairs when the standard was set up.". History of the Rebellion, book vp 308. WBE 27 " And why is it that suffering should have a spell to...greater benediction and the clearer revelation of Grod's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many... | |
 | 1856
...every day for the cultivation of our minds and despatch of business. Kints. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1856
...PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856
...hours of every day for the cultivation of our minds and despatch of business. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856
...every day for the cultivation of our minds and despatch of business. liats. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp yon shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856
...of the Old Testament; adversity is the hlessing of the New, which carrieth the greater henediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even...shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath lahoured more in descrihing the afflictions of Joh than the felicities... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856
...prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's 1 Sen. Ad Lucil. 66. ' Sen. Ad Lucil. 53. 3 Poesy. Poetry — ' Musick and Poesy To quicken you.' —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 360 Seiten
...prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the great benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you... | |
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Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. 
