 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...good dreams, except they be put in i •-" ' D 2 Adh and that cannot be without -Power and Place,as the Vantage and Commanding Ground. Merit and good Works is .the end of mans motions and Confcienceof the fame is theaccbmplifhment of mans reft : for if a man can be partaker... | |
 | 1795 - 766 pages
...lawful end of afpiring. Good thoughts towards men are little better than good dreams, except they are put in act : and that cannot be without power and place as the vantage and commanding ground* ." Thus, in his Lordlhip's apprehenfion, the attainment of power and place is the objeft of all parties... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - Scotland - 1804 - 342 pages
...resentment. JOHNSON. Good thoughts towards men are little better than good dreams, except they are put in act ; and that cannot be •without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground. , BACON. €0mfmtg;f) : •PRINTED BY JOHN MOIR, ROYAL BANK CLOSE: FOR VERNOR AND HOOD IN THE POULTRY,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 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, quae fecerunt manus suae, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis;"... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 302 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...power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground. Men1, and good works are the end of man's motion , and conscience of the same is the accomplishment... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 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, qucefecerunt manus SUCE, vidit quodomnia essent bona nimis;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men are little better than good dreams, exrept they be put in act; and that cannot be without power...of man's motion; and conscience of the same is the accomplNhment of man's rest: for if a man can bo partaker of God's theatre, he shall likewise be partaker... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 414 pages
...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 Dens, ut aspiceret opera, quae fecenint manus SUEC, vidit qnod omnia essent bona nimis... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage or commanding ground. Merit and good works is the end...theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest : " Et conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera, qme fecerunt manus su-.r, vidit quod omnia essent bona nimis;"... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 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...cannot be without power and place, as the vantage or commanding ground. Merit and good works is the end of man's motion ; and conscience of the same... | |
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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... 
