 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
 | British poets - 1822 - 306 sider
...led us forth at last: The barren wilderness he pass'd; Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd 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; Nor can... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 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 pass'd ; Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promised land ; And from the mountain's top of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...forth at last;fl The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promiVd e nectarine, the curious peach, Into shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too ; ffor can... | |
 | 1825 - 590 sider
...PRINTER. MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, CONDUCTED BY A Committee of Civil Engineers and Practical Mechanics. ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren...border stand Of the blest promised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed us it." No. LXXXIII. Saturday, 23d July,... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 sider
...our ancestors : — " Bacon, like Moses, led as forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, . Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd as it.'" . COWIEY'I Oie to the Royal Society.... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 sider
...taken too severe a revenge for the exaggerated praises bestowed on hi m by our ancestors : — . , - ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest premised land ; * And from the mountain top of his... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 sider
...have taken too severe a revenge for the exaggerated praises br.slowrd on him by our ancestors : — ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest premised land ; And from the mountain top of his... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 sider
...neglect, have taken too severe a revenge, for the exaggerated praise bestowed on him by our ancestors. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren...border stand Of the blest promised land ; And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed us it." Cowley's Ode to the Royal Society.... | |
 | 1835 - 916 sider
...the exaggerated praise bestowed on him by our ancestors. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth atlas!, The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the I •!(•-! promised laud ; And from the mountain top of hi« exalted wit, Saw it himself, and showed... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 492 sider
...And, like lh' old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts of but small extent, Bacon, like .Muses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he past,...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, nnd conquer too; Nor can... | |
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