 The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he...  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 3by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...illumination of the Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...heightens the effect of the most delightful prospects. Who does not feel the truth of that observation of the " poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest :" — "Suave marl magno tiu-bnntil HIS aeqnora vertís E terra alterius sœvum spectare dolorem."... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1824 - 726 pages
...HENRY LACEY, Paternoster-Ro<j), London. T, C. Hansard. Pater-noster-Row Pras. Jftudeum, , journal, It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea ,- a pica Mire to stand in the window of a castle and to soc a battle j but no... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...heightens the effect of the most delightful prospects. Who does not feel the truth of that observation of the "poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest :" — "Suave mari magno turbantibus reqnora vertis E terra altering sxvvim spectare dolorcm." For... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and " to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and " the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and " to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and " the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of H^ chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellent... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 pages
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
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