 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 oldal
...which is popular and superficial, than to that which is substantial and profound : for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid. Another error, of a diverse nature from all the former, is the over-early and peremptory reduction... | |
 | Robert Slater Bayley - 1834 - 334 oldal
...it has commonly happened to men, as Bacon says, "that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river, which carrieth down to us that which is light and...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid." NATURAL HISTORY. " Hujus enim templum simul omnes, et singuli templa sumus." AUG. Civ. DEI, 1. 10,... | |
 | Robert Slater Bayley - 1834 - 362 oldal
...it has commonly happened to men, as Bacon says, "that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river, which carrieth down to us that which is light and...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid." NATURAL HISTORY. " Hnjui enim templnm simul omnes, et singuli tempi* sumus." c.. Civ. Dmi, /. 10, '•... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 oldal
...best hath prevailed . . 64 The truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a rwer or itream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinketh and drownetli that which is x eighty and solid. 4. The o»er early and peremptory reduction of knowledge... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 oldal
...or feet, pursues his way. And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. " Time," says Bacon, " seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream,...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid."* It is a remarkable fact, that the mode of preventing free inquiry to which we now refer has prevailed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 oldal
...vanish and shut again. So that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or flood, that bringeth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinketh and drowneth that which is solid and grave. So he saw well, that both in the state of religion, and in the administration of learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 oldal
...may be likely to appear and disclose a little to the world, and straight to vanish and shut again. So h ' flood, that bringeth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinketh and drowneth that which... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 oldal
...nothing more than persevere in his noble and well-conceived enterprise, despite of idle remonstrances. to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid. Another error, of a diverse nature from all the former, is the over early and peremptory reduction... | |
 | 1837 - 548 oldal
...or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. " Time," says Bacon, " seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream,...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid."* It is a remarkable fact, that the mode of preventing free inquiry to which we now refer has prevailed... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1846 - 810 oldal
...misled by a fancied analogy, than Bacon was, when he said : " Time seemeth to be of the nature of a stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid." A more just analogy would have been this : Time seemeth to be of the nature of a flood, which sweepeth... | |
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... or the wisest for the multitude's sake, were not ready to give passage rather to that which is popular and superficial than to that which is substantial and profound; for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which... 
