 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...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...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; und his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...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...days, was the light of the sense : the last was the lightof reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...wooing of truth, the knowledge of tr th, which is the presence of it in all its beauty ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God, in the beginning, was the light of sense, the last, was the light of reason ; and... | |
 | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1859 - 590 pages
...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." — BACON. " And a sign shall be mercifully given to the doubt of love, which shall be refused to the... | |
 | 1860 - 544 pages
...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. The poet saith, yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1860 - 418 pages
...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." Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both... | |
 | 1860 - 1176 pages
...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. — Bacon. FACTS. ME. HOWITT tella us that at an eminent literary man's house the other evening, he... | |
 | William Russell - 1860 - 170 pages
...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." • ' Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...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...God, in the works of the days, was the light of the 1 Perhaps lie was thinking of St. Augustine. — See Aug. Confess, i. 25, 26. 2 " The wine of evil... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the six days was the light of sense — the last was the light of reason — and...Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of matter or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breathes and inspires light... | |
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... 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. 
