 | John Clunie - 1836 - 80 pages
...in hope of everlasting glory." Well, then, might Lord Bacon exclaim, in a prayer to his Maker — " I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens; but I have found thee in thy temples ! " May you, my dear young friends, enjoy the same felicity ! As intimately connected with this subject,... | |
 | William Buckland - Bible And Geology - 1837 - 646 pages
...of the Inductive Philosophy, thus breathes forth his pious meditation, " Thy creatures have been nay books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought...and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples." Bacons Works, V. 4. fol. p. 487. The sentiment here quoted had been long familiar to him, for it pervades... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...with me, and my heart, through thy grace, hath been anunquenched coal upon thine altar. O Lord, my strength, I have since my youth met with thee in all... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Biography - 1888 - 406 pages
...gardens; but I have found thee in thy temples. " ' Thousands have been my sins, and ten thou sands my transgressions: but thy sanctifications have remained...grace, hath been an unquenched coal upon thine altar. " ' 0 Lord, my strength! I have, from my youth, met with thee in all my ways ; in thy fa therly compassions,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courls, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been my sins, and... | |
 | Gerald Wensley Tyrrell - 1840 - 430 pages
...branches to the seas and to the floods. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. / have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens ; but I have found Thee in Thy temples." — Lord Chancellor BACON, 1626. -|- " The probable reason for this particular number was a!literal... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 624 pages
...dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy •criptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields,...and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples." 1 60 in the Religio Medici, sir Ttmmae Brown says, "J'or my religion, though there be several circumstances... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 612 pages
...displeasure; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been , thecourts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been my sins,... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...CHAPTER V. Hail, Sabbath 1 thee I hail, the poor man's friend ! GRAHAME. — Thy creatures have been my books ; but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in thy courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. LORD BACON. ANOTHER sabbath... | |
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Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. 
