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" ... full of savage and unreclaimed desires of profit, of lust, of revenge ; which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Ed.; with a ... - Page 402
by Francis Bacon - 1844
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The Private Tutor, Or, Thoughts Upon the Love of Excelling and the Love of ...

Basil Montagu - Learning and scholarship - 1820 - 198 pages
...sociably together, listening to the airs and accords of the harp; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, so sweetly touched with eloquence, and persuasion of books, of sermons, of harangues ; so long is society...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 3

1821 - 402 pages
...together, listening to the airs and accords of the harp; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned to his own nature : *nerein is aptly described the nature and condition of men, who are full of savage and unreclaimed...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...together listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, bu sermons, of harangues, so long is society and peace maintained ; but if these instruments be silent,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...together, listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...lust, of revenge, which, as long as they give ear to preceps. to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence, and persuasion of books, of sermons,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 526 pages
...together listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...desires of profit, of lust, of revenge ; which as long (iVSee note (I) at the end. as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religon, sweetly touched with...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:, Volume 5

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 546 pages
...together listening to the airs and accords of the harp; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of harangue*, so long is society and peace maintained ; but if these instruments be silent, or sedition...
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Selections from the works of Taylor, Hooker, Barrow [and others] by B. Montagu

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...together, listening unto the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned-...nature ; wherein is aptly described the nature and condigenuously passing by the particular infirmities of those who contributed anything to the advancement...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 536 pages
...sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned to hii own nature : wherein is aptly described the nature and condition of -men, u-ho are full of savage and unreclaimed desires of profit, of hist, of revenge ; which as long (it...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...together, listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned...profit, of lust, of revenge ; which as long as they give to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons,...
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 15

Law - 1838 - 536 pages
...listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by sonic louder noise, but every beast returned to his own...profit, of lust, of revenge, which as long as they give car to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence, and persuasion of books, of...
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