 | John Moore - 1803 - 312 pages
...he supThe same allusion was long since made by Cowley— Bacon, like Muses, led us forth at !;i i. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain lop of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | John Moore - Scottish literature - 1803 - 322 pages
...The same allusion was long since made by Cowley — Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, '1 lu' barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the best promised land, And from the mountain top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren...he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren...he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...expressed the nature of the service, which the great Improver of Learning rendered to his fellowmen. " Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land ; And, from the mountain-top of his... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...predecessors went, And, like the' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he pass'd ; Did on the very border stand Of the bless'd promised land ; And from the mountain's top of... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 pages
...but his life was employed in teaching the method by which discoveries are made. This distinction was early observed by that ingenious poet and amiable...him by our ancestors : — " Bacon, like Moses, led as forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, . Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1834 - 402 pages
...but his life was employed in teaching the method by which discoveries are made. This distinction was early observed by that ingenious poet and amiable...a revenge for the exaggerated praises bestowed on hi m by our ancestors : — ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness ke'pass'd,... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 pages
...but his life was employed in teaching the method by which discoveries are made. This distinction Was early observed by that ingenious poet and amiable...taken too severe a revenge for the exaggerated praises br.slowrd on him by our ancestors : — ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1834 - 394 pages
...our unmerited neglect, have taken too severe a revenge for the exaggerated praises bestowed on hi m by our ancestors : — . , - ' Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he pass'd, Did on the very border stand Of the blest premised land ; * And from the mountain top of his... | |
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And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted... 
