 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1790 - 466 pagine
...Bacon,*) " to fee an ancient caftle or build•' ing, »ot in decay ; or to fee a fair timber-tree " found and perfect : how much more to behold " an ancient noble family, Which hath ftood againft - '* the waves and Weathers of time. For new no' " bility is but the act of pu'wcr j... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1854 - 338 pagine
...Massachusetts or Connecticut can pronounce the name of WINTHROP with indifference. " It is," says Lord Bacon, " a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building...sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient family which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ! " Soon after the almost total destruction... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pagine
...with a celebrated, and often-cited passage from Lord Bacon. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...hath stood against the waves and weathers of time. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more virtuous* but less innocent, that! ' Hcrevirtuout... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pagine
...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...hath stood against the waves and weathers of time? for new nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time. Those that are first... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pagine
...maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. IBID. 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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pagine
...with a celebrated, and often -cited passage from Lord Bacon. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...hath stood against the waves and weathers of time. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more virtuous * but less q Here virtuous must... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pagine
...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...hath' stood against the waves and weathers of time ? for new nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time. Those that are... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 434 pagine
...with a celebrated and often-cited passage from Lord Bacon. " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagine
...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 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagine
...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 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... | |
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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... 
