 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. 30 As for nobility in particular persons : it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time. 35 For new nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...LORD liACON : Essay XV., Of Nobility. As for nobility in particular persons : it is a reverend ihing to see an ancient castle, or building, not in decay,...to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time? for new nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Knowledge, Theory of - 1876 - 504 pages
...Hath borne his faculties so meek.' Shakespeare, Macb. i. 7. 17. Fair, adj. Handsome: p. 32, 1. 30. 'It is a reverend thing, to see an ancient castle, or building not in decay ; or to see a fairs timber tree. sound and perfect.' Essay xiv. p. 52. Faith, sb. The Christian faith or religion:... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons : it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient and noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ? for new nobility is the... | |
 | Richard Randolph Parry - Reference - 1877 - 76 pages
...transmit to those who shall soon fill our places." Extract from Essay by the famous Lord Francis Bacon. " It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle, or...sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient family which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time." h PARRY FAMILY RECORDS. The Parry... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 528 pages
...Clarencieux in the south. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an antient castle or building not in decay ; or to see a fair...tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an antient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time : for new nobility is... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. 12 As for Nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Charles Worthy - Armor - 1889 - 428 pages
...IIEKAI.U, AUTHOR OF " DEVONSHIRE PAKISHK8," ETC. ETC. WITH 124 ILLUSTRATIONS From Designs by the Author " It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...to behold an ancient noble family which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ; for new nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility... | |
 | Charles Worthy - Heraldry - 1889 - 328 pages
...HERALD, AUTHOR OP "DEVONSHIRE PARISHES," ETC. ETC. WITH 124 ILLUSTRATIONS From Designs by the Author " It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or 1;o see ; fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much mire to behold an aucient noble family which... | |
 | Charles Worthy - Heraldry - 1889 - 266 pages
...HERALD, AUTHOR OF "DEVONSHIRE PARISHES," ETC. ETC. WITH 124 ILLUSTRATIONS From Designs by the Author \ " It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building uot in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble... | |
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As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers... 
