 Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see, in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work...  Supplement to the Courant - Seite 561855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 Seiten
...airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work «pon a lightsome ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 Seiten
...hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distates ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 Seiten
...pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities1 of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and...embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad2 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground: judge, therefore,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 Seiten
...pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities1 of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and...needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a li vely work upon a sad2 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1869 - 196 Seiten
...herselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 688 Seiten
...airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...upon a lightsome ground ; judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours — most... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 Seiten
...hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroidjeries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad ami solemn ground, than to have... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 Seiten
...hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 Seiten
...hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solo*mon. Prosperity...fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 Seiten
...airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad2 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore,... | |
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