 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
 | Robert Routledge - 1881 - 748 sider
...predecessors went, And, like the old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, — 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's top of his... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 sider
...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...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... | |
 | William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson - 1882 - 324 sider
...stars, and the sun in all its splendour. In short, he says of himself what Cowley said of Bacon : " The barren Wilderness 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... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 sider
...wandering Predecessors went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In Desarts 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 Mountains top of his exalted Wit,7 Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 sider
...had Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Selden, and Gondomar for his guests ! — JAMES RAWLEY, Secretary to Bacon. Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promis'd Land, And from the mountain-top of his... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 528 sider
...neglect, have taken too severe a revenge, for the exaggerated praises bestowed on him by our ancestors: Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren...wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit Saw it himself, and showed us it.1 Taine... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1894 - 466 sider
...by Lord Macaulay, to the great English philosopher, who Did on the very border stand Of the blessed Promised Land ; And from the 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. " In the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 sider
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 sider
...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...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... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1896 - 484 sider
...Bacon at last, a mi#lit y man, arose, . . . And boldly undertook tiie injur.d pupi1's cause. . . . led us forth at last, The barren wilderness 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 shewM us it."... | |
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