 ... so certainly if a man meditate much upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineness of souls except) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty,...  The Leodiensian; or Leeds grammar school magazine - Page 9by Leeds grammar sch - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...meditate upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with men upon it (the divineness of souls excepted) will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some...go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue and imperfections of manners.... | |
 | Sir Charles Bell - 1819 - 106 pages
...down his thoughts to a painful sense of his own littleness: to him " the earth, with men " upon it, will not seem much other than an " ant-hill, where...empty, " and all to and fro, a little heap of dust *." He is afraid to think himself an object of Divine care. But when he minutely regards the structure... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...upon the universal frame of nature, the earth with, men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some...all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away 01 mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...with men upon it, the divineness of souls except, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where as some ants carry corn, and some carry their young,...empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust." (a) .With the duties of the office he was well acquainted. As a politician he never omitted an opportunity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...with men upon it, the divineness of souls excepted, will not seem much other than an anthill, whereas some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to-andfro a little heap of dust. ItXaketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune^xwhich... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...men upon it, (the divineness of souls except,) will not seem much " other than an ant-hill, where as some ants carry corn, and Some ' carry their young, and some go empty, and all to-and-fro a little ' heap of dust." So says Bishop Taylor. " Whatsoever tempts the ' pride and vanity... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...men upon it, the diviness of 'souls excepted, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, ' whereas 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... | |
 | James Rennie - 1829 - 342 pages
...the marauding ambition of a neighbouring hill. " Alas !" says Bacon, " the earth, with men upon it, will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some...their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro around a little heap of dust." " If we wish to behold," says P. Huber, " regular armies wage war in... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...from the marauding ambition of a neighboring hill. " Alas !" says Bacon, " the earth with men upon it will not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some...their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro around a little heap of dust." " If we wish to behold," says P. Huber, " regular armies wage war in... | |
 | Charles Bell - 1833 - 324 pages
...myriads besides, greater than it : the expression is excusable that — " the earth with man upon it does not seem much other than an ant-hill, where some ants...empty, and all to and fro, a little heap of dust." We may consider man, before the lights of modern philosophy had their influence on his thoughts, as... | |
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