 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 Seiten
...is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude : which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many herselike airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 Seiten
...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 - 428 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 - 416 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 - 702 Seiten
...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 - 590 Seiten
...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 - 702 Seiten
...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 - 708 Seiten
...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 - 474 Seiten
...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 - 562 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...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.' —... | |
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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. 
