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" But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding... "
The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon - Page 38
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818
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The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose ...

Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 712 pages
...ho true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though (Jod accept them, yet towards men are he ve U. a partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Et conversus Dens, ut aspiccret...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - American essays - 1921 - 422 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though God accept them, yet toward men are little better than good dreams, except they be put...theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. "Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera, qua? fecerunt manus suae, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis,...
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A Study of the Types of Literature

Mabel Irene Rich - American literature - 1921 - 582 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though God accept them, yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put...accomplishment of man's rest. For if a man can be a partaker of God's theatre,4 he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret...
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A Study of the Types of Literature

Mabel Irene Rich - American literature - 1921 - 576 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though God accept them, yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and (.hat cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground. Merit and good works...
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Alarums and Excursions

James Agate - English drama - 1922 - 274 pages
...truth to the unsentimental, logical playwright. " A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees." If a man can be partaker of God's theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest, says Bacon. But if truth be the thing which Shaw will have most, rest is that which he will have not...
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Letture inglesi: coordinate al programma governativo dei licei e corredate ...

Carlo Formichi - 1924 - 404 pages
...Iddio quindi si riposo, aspettava il commento di Bacone per acquistare tutta la sua siiblimita: « merit and good works is the end of man's motion; and...accomplishment of man's rest: for if a man can be partaker of God' s theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest » (2). A profiisione s'incontrano nei...
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Progressive Readings in Prose

Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - American prose literature - 1923 - 396 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though God accept them, yet toward men are little better than good dreams, except they be put...man's rest. For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera, quae fecerunt...
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The "impersonality" of Shakespeare

Edward George Harman - 1925 - 352 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts, though God accept them, yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act." And in the Advancement he says : " But men must know that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved...
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English Prose and Poetry

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are ontra-distinguishing objects of a poem. The first chapter of Isaiah Et convcrsus Deus, ut aspicerei opera qua. fecerunt manus suas, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis;...
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Seventeenth Century Essays: From Bacon to Clarendon

Jacob Zeitlin - Civilization, Modern - 1926 - 408 pages
...the true and lawful end of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put...theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera quee fecerunt manus suee, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis;2...
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