 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1847 - 844 стор.
...the evidence of those who knew what was the life within them ; for as a modern philosopher says, " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." " О how happy is the life of monks," cries Alcuiu, addressing the brethren of Salzburg ; " life, pleasing... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 стор.
...man of a sublime genius, who took a view of everything as from a high rock." -De Augmentis, sec. 5. always that this prospect be with pity, and not with...in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth."* Is this the language of one who had no higher aim than " to supply man's vulgar wants, and whose eye... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 стор.
...and serene — and to see the errors, the wanderings, the mists, and tempests, in the vale below ; always that this prospect be with pity, and not with...in Providence, and turn upon the, poles of truth. •wee* Sleep, Disease, Death. In the last No. of the Miscellany, we presented a piece, entitled "... | |
 | Gallery - 1848 - 306 стор.
...acknowledgments to that Being from whom this and all other mercies flow." Lord Bacon has said, that " it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Jenuer is a striking illustration of the truth of this remark. The modesty of Jenner was manifested... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1849 - 702 стор.
...of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." He repeated the last sentence, " ' Turn upon the poles of truth !' How beautiful ! There, sir, I will... | |
 | Edward Aloysius Pace, Thomas Edward Shields - 1921 - 704 стор.
...nature of a stumble."204 "Our very walking," as Goethe puts it, "is a series of falls." Bacon writes, "certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of the earth." Shelley's mind moved in charity, but turned anywhere except upon the poles of the earth.... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 стор.
...seriousness to the observation. The section culminates in another weighty and 'incontrovertible' sentence: Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. [VI, 378] The development so far discussed is contained within a single extended paragraph. In this... | |
 | Frederick Charles Copleston, Conference for the Study of Political Thought - 1983 - 257 стор.
...paper. As Bacon says, so long as one contemplates the errors of others with pity rather than pride "it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." IV John Locke is a more ambiguous figure in the history of modern European thought than Bacon. The... | |
 | Anne Drury Hall - 2010 - 217 стор.
...the point. Bacon's repeated announcement of his logical organization in the Essays is something new: 'To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business ("Of Truth," 48); "But let us pass from this part of predictions [of 22. Jonson, Discoveries, 8:622,... | |
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Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. 
