... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. English Essays - Seite 2herausgegeben von - 1905 - 404 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 Seiten
...masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-. light. The first creature of God in the works of the days...his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 Seiten
...the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelight. The first creature of God in the works of the days...his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without... | |
| Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 Seiten
...itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature."* Truth, then, is the sole object proposed... | |
| 1861 - 1148 Seiten
...whose flowers and fruit will appear only in time to come."* Or as Lord Bacon has beautifully said : " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...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 breathed light... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 Seiten
...to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade. X. THEOLOGY. " The first creature of God in the -works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light on the face of... | |
| 1844 - 612 Seiten
..." The inquiry of truth," says Lord Bacon, " which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief...it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and... | |
| Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 Seiten
...itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it — and the...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
| Christian Gleaner - 1844 - 342 Seiten
...minds and hearts of men is one of the noblest of occupations. " The first creature of God in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...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 breathed light... | |
| 1855 - 444 Seiten
...other." Says Lord Bacon, " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."6 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
| 1844 - 276 Seiten
...dew Were on them yet; and silver waters break Into small waves, and sparkle as he comes. — BBTANT. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason.— BACOK. A. REPINING life, is a lingering death.— QUARLES.... | |
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