 But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love.  Solitude - Page 24de Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1805Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...the heathen — as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana, and truly and really in divers of the ancient...extendeth : for a crowd is not company ; and faces are but a gallery of pictures ; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. The Latin adage... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...Tyana in Cappadocia, and a great pretender to miraculous power, at the commencement of the Apollonius of Tyana; and truly and really in divers of the ancient...church. But little do men perceive what solitude is, and [2] how far it extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and... | |
 | George Herbert - 1867 - 90 pages
...of the heathen, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apolloniusof Tyana; and truly and really in divers of the ancient hermits and holy fathers of the church." Bacon's Essays, xxviii. 74. The graces and the virtues are the garments of the soul, the wedding garments... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell. * But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extends. For a crowd is no company : men's faces are but like pictures in a gallery, and talk but a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...heathens — as Epimenides, the Candian ; Numa, the Roman ; Empedocles, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, of Tyana ; and truly, and really; in divers of the...extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. The Latin adage... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...heathens — as Epimenides, the Candian ; Numa, the Roman ; Empedocles, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, of Tyana ; and truly, and really, in divers of the...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it exteiideth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...of the Heathen ; As Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana ; And truly and really, in divers of the...Hermits, and Holy Fathers of the Church. But little doe Men perceive, what Solitude is, and how farre it extendeth. For a Crowd is not Company ; And Faces... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...heathens — as Epimenides, the Candian ; Numa, the Roman ; Empedocles, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, of Tyana ; and truly, and really, in divers of the...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far if extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a... | |
 | John Percy Gordon - 1872 - 392 pages
...Maurice's flirtation." And thereupon followed Russian cigarettes and noyau ad libitum. CHAPTER XII. "But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendethj for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...heathen, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian,1 and Apollonius of Tyana ; 2 and truly and really in divers of the ancient hermits...extendeth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love.3 The Latin adage... | |
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