 From these and all long errors of the way, In which our wandering predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last; The barren wilderness he past; Did on the very...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Side 198af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 sider
...us forth at kilt, The barren wildernefs he paft, Did on the very border (land Of the bleft promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and ihew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds, and conquer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 sider
...forth at laft i The barren wildernefs he paft ; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land ; And, from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 sider
...us forth at laft : The barren wildernefs he paft; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 312 sider
...he supThe same allusion was long since made by Cowley— Bacon, like Muses, led us forth at !;i i. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain lop of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - 322 sider
...The same allusion was long since made by Cowley — Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, '1 lu' barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 sider
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren...he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 sider
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren...he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 sider
...predecessors Went, And, like th'old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts, but of small extent," Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren...mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too j Nor can... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 450 sider
...? • The same allusion, though probably Voltaire did not know it, was long •ince made by Cowley Bacon like Moses led us forth at last, The barren...border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain top of his exali«d wit Saw it himself, and shew'd ui it. You must have heard of the animosity... | |
 | 1843 - 706 sider
...expressed the nature of the service, which the great Improver of Learning rendered to his fellowmen. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And, from the mountain-top of his... | |
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