 ... 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...  Notitiæ Ludæ: or, Notices of Louth ... - Page 270by Robert Slater Bayley - 1834 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 292 pages
...vanish and shut again. So that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or flood, that bringeth clown 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...substantial and profound : for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinketh and drowneth that which i$ weighty and solid. Another error, of a diverse nature from all the former, is the over-early and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...vanish and shut again. So that time seetneth 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 - English essays - 1824 - 642 pages
...substantial and profound ; for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...substantial and profound : .for the truth is, that: l time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and...sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid. » I** IT d Iff ofW »v> fJ zn Another error, of a diverse nature from all the former, is the over... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...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 - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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 - 1825 - 524 pages
...best hath prevailed . . 54 'The truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinlceth and drowneth that which is weighty and solid. 4. The over early and peremptory reduction of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...substantial and profound : for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and...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... | |
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