 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
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1863 - 634 sider
...philosopher, who — " Did on the very border stand Of the blessed Promised Land ; 1 Deut xxxiii. 5. 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1864 - 432 sider
...forth at last The barren wilderness he pass'd — Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd proniis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, anil show'd us it < If the poet has somewhat overstated the claims of Lord Bacon as the herald of experimental... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1866 - 484 sider
...from the errors of his time, yet clearly foresaw the gradual disappearance of those errors : — " 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 Pisgah-height of his... | |
 | John Hilton - 1867 - 56 sider
...us forth at last : The barren wilderness he passed ; He 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 shewed us it, But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too." I adduce... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 sider
...predecessors went, And, like the old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts, but of small extent, 90 Bacon ! like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blessed Promised Land, And from the mountain's top of his... | |
 | 1869 - 636 sider
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews many years did stray, In deserts of but 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 exahed wit, Saw it himself, and show'd us it.' Is... | |
 | 1869 - 680 sider
...predeoi ssors went, And, like th' old Hebrews many years did stray, In deserts of but 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 laud, And from the mountain's top of hie cxaHed wit, Saw jt himself, and show'd us it.' Is... | |
 | 1869 - 636 sider
...gäore went, And, like th' old Hebrews many years did stray, In deserts of but small extent. Hacon, like Moses, 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 show'd us it.' Is... | |
 | Alfred Hudson - 1869 - 352 sider
...wandering predecessors went, And like the old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts bnt 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-top of his... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 sider
...penetrating, everything of observation of human life the most distinguishing and refined ? — Burke. 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, Lord Bacon. 33 And from the mountain-top... | |
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