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Página 334
... Bensalem , " for so they call it in their language , " have this , that by means of our solitary situation , " and of the laws of secrecy which we have for our " travellers , and our rare admission of strangers , we " know well ( most ...
... Bensalem , " for so they call it in their language , " have this , that by means of our solitary situation , " and of the laws of secrecy which we have for our " travellers , and our rare admission of strangers , we " know well ( most ...
Página 354
... Bensalem . " Then the herald taketh into his hand from the other child the cluster of grapes , which is of gold both the stalk and the grapes . But the grapes are daintily ena- melled ; and if the males of the family be the greater ...
... Bensalem . " Then the herald taketh into his hand from the other child the cluster of grapes , which is of gold both the stalk and the grapes . But the grapes are daintily ena- melled ; and if the males of the family be the greater ...
Página 356
... Bensalem , or daughter of 66 Bensalem , thy father saith it ; the man by whom " thou hast breath and life speaketh the word ; The " blessing of the everlasting Father , the Prince of " Peace , and the Holy Dove be upon thee , and make ...
... Bensalem , or daughter of 66 Bensalem , thy father saith it ; the man by whom " thou hast breath and life speaketh the word ; The " blessing of the everlasting Father , the Prince of " Peace , and the Holy Dove be upon thee , and make ...
Página 357
... Bensalem which they now use ; and that when the Messias should come , and sit in his throne at Hierusalem , the king of Bensalem should sit at his feet , whereas other kings should keep a great distance . But yet setting aside these ...
... Bensalem which they now use ; and that when the Messias should come , and sit in his throne at Hierusalem , the king of Bensalem should sit at his feet , whereas other kings should keep a great distance . But yet setting aside these ...
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... Bensalem ; nor " so free from all pollution or foulness . It is the virgin of the world . I remember I have read in one of your European books , of an holy hermit among you , that desired to see the spirit of forni- " cation ; and there ...
... Bensalem ; nor " so free from all pollution or foulness . It is the virgin of the world . I remember I have read in one of your European books , of an holy hermit among you , that desired to see the spirit of forni- " cation ; and there ...
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Página 364 - The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
Página x - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of State, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página ix - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página x - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Página xv - So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Página 120 - Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence...
Página 87 - ... if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other...
Página ix - Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity : for words are but the images of matter ; and except they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is all one as to fall in love with a picture.
Página 389 - ... some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue and imperfections of manners.
Página xxxv - In the youth of a state, arms do flourish ; in the middle age of a state, learning ; and then both of them together for a time ; in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise.