 Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 287por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1849 - 1188 páginas
...come, than a~ continued flow of success and self-gratification-. Lord Bacon was right in saying, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | 1831 - 548 páginas
...is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which, in morals, is the most heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | 1837 - 608 páginas
...afterwards made to the ' Essays,' there is nothing superior in truth or weight to what we have quoted. Rut his style was constantly becoming richer and softer....change : — ' Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Tes1 lament; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carried the ' greater benediction and the... | |
 | 1838 - 870 páginas
...is a passage to be ' chewed and digested.' We do not believe thit Thucydides himself has any where compressed so much thought into so small a space....Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carr.eth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 896 páginas
...is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude j which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | 1838 - 822 páginas
...and softer. The following passage, first published in 1625, will show the extent of the chanje: — 'Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you laten to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 páginas
...prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 páginas
...and digested.' We do not believe that Thucydides himself has anywhere compressed so much thought iuto so small a space. In the additions which Bacon afterwards...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840
...that this is a passage to be ' chewed and digested.' We do not believe that Thucydides himself has anywhere compressed so much thought into so small...Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrielt) the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 246 páginas
...application of this fable occurs in our adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
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