 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - Страниц: 230
...us forth at kilt, The barren wildernefs he paft, Did on the very border (land Of the bleft promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and ihew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds, and conquer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Страниц: 378
...forth at laft i The barren wildernefs he paft ; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land ; And, from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - Страниц: 296
...us forth at laft : The barren wildernefs he paft; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fhew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - Страниц: 312
...he supThe same allusion was long since made by Cowley— Bacon, like Muses, led us forth at !;i i. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain lop of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | John Moore - 1803 - Страниц: 322
...The same allusion was long since made by Cowley — Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, '1 lu' barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - Страниц: 294
...And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - Страниц: 296
...And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - Страниц: 450
...allusion, though probably Voltaire did not know it, was long •ince made by Cowley Bacon like Moses led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past,...border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain top of his exali«d wit Saw it himself, and shew'd ui it. You must have heard of the animosity... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 706
...rendered to his fellowmen. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And, from the mountain-top of his exalted wit, • Saw it himself, and showed us it." One quality, which has added... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Страниц: 1062
...forth at last;fl The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promiVd e nectarine, the curious peach, Into shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too ; ffor can... | |
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Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too; Nor can so short a line sufficient be To fathom the vast depths... 
