 Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams," inferreth that young men are admitted nearer to God than old, because vision is a clearer revelation than a dream. And certainly, the more a man drinketh of the world, the more it...  English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin - Σελίδα 59των William Peacock - 1903 - 379 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 σελίδες
...part, perhaps, youth will have the pre-eminence, as age hath for the politic. A certain rabbin upon the text, Your young men shall see visions, and your...than in the virtues of the will and affections. There be some have an over early ripeness in their years, which fadeth betimes : these are, first, such as... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 σελίδες
...part, perhaps youth will have the pre-eminence, as age hath for the politic. A certain rabbin upon There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame,...a disgrace, and such an odious charge ? Saith he, be some have an overearly ripeness in their years, which fadeth betimes: these are first, such as have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 σελίδες
...rabbin, upon the text, " Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams," 1 inferreth that young men are admitted nearer to God...than in the virtues of the will and affections. There be some have an overearly ripeness in their years, which fadeth betimes ; these are, first, such as... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 σελίδες
...certain rabbin, upon the text, ' Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,'3 inferreth that young men are admitted nearer to God...revelation than a dream ; and, certainly, the more a man drinkcth of the world, the more it intoxicateth ; and age doth profit'1 rather in the powers of understanding,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 σελίδες
...certain Rabbin, upon the text, ' Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams/ 3 inferreth that young men are admitted nearer to God...the world, the more it intoxicateth ; and age doth profit4 rather in the powers of understanding, than in the virtues of the will and affections. There... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 σελίδες
...Jhall -dream dreams,3 inferreth that young Men are admitted nearer to God than old, becaufe Vifion is a clearer Revelation than a Dream : and, certainly,...intoxicateth ; and Age doth profit rather in the Powers of Underftanding than in the Virtues of the Will and Affections. There be fome have an overearly Ripenefs... | |
 | 1857 - 654 σελίδες
...the politic ;" that " the more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth ;" and that " age doth profit rather in the powers of understanding than in the virtues of the will and affections." But these are the only hints of any moral superiority in the young. In the Historia Vitœ et Mortis,... | |
 | 1857 - 584 σελίδες
...that, " for the moral part, perhaps, youth will have the advantage, as age for the politic. ;" that " the more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth ;" and that " age doth profit rather in the powers of the understanding than in the virtues of the will and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 σελίδες
...part, perhaps youth will have the pre-eminence, as age hath for the politic. A certain rabbin, upon the text, Your young men shall see visions, and your...more it intoxicateth : and age doth profit rather in the»powers of understanding, than in the virtues of the will and affections. There be some have an... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 σελίδες
...part, perhaps youth will have the pre-eminence, as age hath for the politic. A certain rabbin, upon the text. Your young men shall see visions, and your...the more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicatcth : and age doth profit rather in the powers of understanding, than in the virtues of the... | |
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