 It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished diseases ; it has increased the fertility of the soil ; it has given new securities to the mariner ; it has furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 278por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1907 - 576 páginas
...summarized in the article just referred to that I cannot forbear quoting the concluding paragraph: "It. has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ;...increased the fertility of the soil; it has given new seciirities to the mariner; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 páginas
...been held in the highest esteem by the public ; it has drawn to itself almost all the sap and vigor of the human intellect : and what has it effected?...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 páginas
...been held in the highest esteem by the public; it has drawn to itself almost all the sap and vigor of the human intellect ; and what has it effected...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of... | |
 | 1907 - 2158 páginas
...pronounced by Macaulay on the philosophy of Bacon : "It lias lengthened life. It has mitigated pain. It lias extinguished diseases. It has increased the fertility...heaven to earth. It has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day. It has extended the range of tho human vision. It has multiplied the power of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 250 páginas
...The infernal doors ; and on their hinges gvate Harsh thunder. — Milton. 10. It (Bacon's Philosophy) has lengthened life; it has mitigated pain; it has...it has furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has scanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1881 - 486 páginas
...wisdom far more practical and preferable. This new philosophy, with which we ourselves are blessed, has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has...spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form and material unknown to our forefathers ; it has guided the thunder-bolt innocuously from heaven to... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1881 - 916 páginas
...man! What pen or tongue can record all its benefactions! In the words of Maeaulay, we may say that "it has lengthened life, it has mitigated pain, it...has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges unknown to our fathers, it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth, it has lighted... | |
 | 1881 - 898 páginas
...man! What pen or tongue can record all its benefactions ! In the words of Macaulay, we may say that "it has lengthened life, it has mitigated pain, it...has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges unknown to our fathers, it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth, it has lighted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 páginas
...called in the time of Charles the Second, has effected for mankind, and his answer is ready : ' It hath lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 páginas
...called in the time of Charles the Second, has eft'ected for mankind, and his answer is ready : ' It hath lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of... | |
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