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" And therefore it was most aptly said by one of Plato's school, That the sense of man carrieth a resemblance with the sun, which (as we see} openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe; but then again it obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial... "
The Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Sir Edward Lytton - Page 105
by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...we see, openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe ; but then again it obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial globe : so doth the sense...things, but it darkeneth and shutteth up divine." ^And hence it is true, that it hath proceeded, that divers great learned men have been heretical, whilst...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...see, openeth and revealeth all the " terrestrial globe ; but then again it obscureth and " concealeth the stars and celestial globe : so doth the " sense...things, but it darkeneth and " shutteth up divine." And hence it is true, that it hath proceeded, that divers great learned men have been heretical, whilst...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...see, openeth and " revealeth all the terrestrial globe ; but then again it " obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial globe : " so doth the sense discover natural things, but it dark" eneth and shutteth up divine." And hence it is true, that it hath proceeded, that divers great...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...we see openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe ; but then again it obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial globe : so doth the sense...things, but it darkeneth and shutteth up divine." And hence it is true, that it hath proceeded, that divers great learned men have been heretical, whilst...
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Conversations with an Ambitious Student in Ill Health: With Other Pieces

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - English literature - 1832 - 228 pages
...revealeth all the celestial globe ; but then again it obscureth the stars and celestial globe : so dotli the sense discover natural things, but it darkeneth...misled by the awe and antique splendour of the language alone,—tell me whether you do not feel in the above passages, not humbled by your ignorance, but...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...see, openeth and revealeth all the " terrestrial globe ; but then again it obscureth and " concealeth the stars and celestial globe : so doth the " sense...things, but it darkeneth and " shutteth up divine." And hence it is true, that it hath proceeded, that divers great learned men have been heretical, whilst...
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The Student: A Series of Papers

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1836 - 402 pages
...broken knowledge. And therefore (note how wonderfully this image is translated, and how beautifully applied) it was most aptly said by one of Plato's...not misled by the awe and antique splendour of the Janguage alone, — tell me whether you do not feel in the above passages, not humbled by your ignorance,...
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The Duchess de la Vallière: A Play in Five Acts

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...which, as we see, openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe; but then again itobscureth thestars and celestial globe: so doth the sense discover natural...humbled by your ignorance, but transported and raised by Us very conviction ; for, by leaving the mysteries of heaven, and heaven alone ; impenetrated by our...
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The Harmony of Phrenology with Scripture: Shewn in a Refutation of the ...

William Scott - Phrenology - 1837 - 422 pages
...which, as we see, openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe, but then it obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial globe ; so doth the sense discover natural things, but darkeneth and shutteth up divine.' And hence it is true that it hath proceeded, that diverse great...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 61

English literature - 1838 - 728 pages
...see, openeth and revealeth all the terrestrial globe ; but then, again, it obscureth and concealeth the stars and celestial globe." So doth the sense...things — but it darkeneth and shutteth up divine.' — De Augment. Scient. As giving a stimulus to inquiry, earnestly, and yet moderately, she agrees...
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