 The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards...  Bacon - Page 41by Thomas Fowler - 1881 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...continent that joins to them : if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it. shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm : if he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot: if he be thankful for small... | |
 | 1856 - 766 pages
...of an eminent Turkey merchant." COMPASSION-. — If a man be compassionate towards the affliction of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble...tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm. — Bacon. NOTHIXO WITHOUT ns RESULT. — Each sin, it has been said, carries its knife ; and it may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 302 pages
...a continent that joins to them ; if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm : if he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot : if he be thankful for small... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 612 pages
...a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm. If he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted abotfe injuries, so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful for small... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 582 pages
...a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...it gives the balm. If he easily pardons and remits ofiences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Learning and scholarship - 1820 - 198 pages
...beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds. The parts 149 towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm ; if he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot ; if he be thankful for small... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...a continent that joins to them: if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm: if he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot: if he be thankful for small... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 402 pages
...a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm. If he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful for small... | |
 | Books - 1821 - 400 pages
...a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded...balm. If he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful for small... | |
 | 1821 - 402 pages
...a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble tree that is •wounded...balm. If he easily pardons and remits offences, it shews that his mind is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful for small... | |
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