 | Hugh Pearson - 1835 - 434 pàgines
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Christian Frederick Swartz - 1835 - 436 pàgines
...In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is henven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Caleb Ticknor - 1836 - 360 pàgines
...of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in...Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."— (Bacon.) ' CT New-York, 1836. * Lucretius. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Misery of the human family — Man... | |
 | 1836 - 554 pàgines
...truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) anil to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in...is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charily, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." — (Bacon.) p. vi. Now, all this is... | |
 | 1836 - 440 pàgines
...be ever to love a man who can only talk of votes, seats, rolls, and qualifications !" CHAPTER XVI. ' Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." LORD nACON. "WELL, what do you think of our member?" was Miss Pratt's first salutation to Gertrude,... | |
 | Elizabeth Sandford - 1836 - 470 pàgines
...in truth is a Christian happiness. For, certainly, as the great philosopher of our country says, " It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."* The love of truth is evidenced in the lesser as well as in the graver transactions of life, — in... | |
 | William Hull (perpetual curate of St. Gregory's, Norwich.) - 1836 - 126 pàgines
...only the majesty, but the benignity of the Divine administration. " Certainly," as Lord Bacon says, "it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." While querulous men are, at once, indulging their bad passions, and taking credit for superior piety,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1836 - 520 pàgines
...consoling doctrine. How strange, that while, conformably with the wise observation of Lord Bacon, " it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move...rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth '," there should be found men of ingenuity and literature, who dazzle by their talents and delude by... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pàgines
...of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. — Bacon. CONTENTMENT. — It is the general misfortune not to be content with what we have; not to... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pàgines
...philosophers, Francis Bacon, in the following energetic sentence, — " Certainly it is heaven and earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." As perspicuity should always be the marked characteristic of a report, we shall in this digested analysis,... | |
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Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. 
