... 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. The British Prose Writers - Page 81821Full view - About this book
| Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1841 - 216 pages
...great Bacon says, sought after, woo'd. Truth which only doth judge itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the lovemaking or wooing of it-—...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." — .Baeow's Essay on Truth. P. 54. 1. 13. That mirror they must gradually unveil. The subjection of... | |
| Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - Presbyterian Church - 1842 - 78 pages
...and inspireth light into the face of his chosen." Thus, " truth," he saith, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth which...presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature."* Truth, then, is the sole object proposed... | |
| Alonzo Potter - Best books - 1843 - 352 pages
...to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade. X. THEOLOGY. " The first creature of God in the -works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light on the face of... | |
| Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...the depths of a profound philosophy beneath the surface of the Mosaic record : " The first creation of God in the works of the days, was the light of • 2 Peter iii, 4-12. t Compare De Genesi ad Litteram Liber IV, xxvi: "Ac sic per oranes illos dies... | |
| English literature - 1844 - 608 pages
...rather that enlightened reason is a part of religion itself. " The inquiry of truth," says Lord Bacon, " which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge...it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and... | |
| Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1844 - 250 pages
...great Bacon tans, taught after, woo'd. " Truth which only doth judge itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
| Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...dew Were on them yet; and silver waters break Into small waves, and sparkle as he comes. — BBTANT. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason.— BACOK. A. REPINING life, is a lingering death.— QUARLES.... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...depraved judgments and affections; yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking, or wooing of it:...sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face... | |
| Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...works, the varieties and beauties of nature. The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature. The unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself or to call himself to account,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...these things are thus in men's depraved judgments "and affections, yet truth, which only doth jtrage itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which...truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The translations throughout ourt extracts from the Essays are the same as in... | |
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