 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
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
...either a wild beast or a god;" and after bringing together illustrations of his assertion he adds : "But little do men perceive what solitude is, and...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. . . . But we... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1874 - 676 pages
...more certainly is it to be found flitting in them. — " The Biblical Treasury." Verse 7. — "Alone." But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...the Sicilian; 7 and Apollonius, of Tyana; 8 and truly and really, in divers of the ancient hermits 9 and holy fathers of the church. But little do men...perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; 10 for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal"... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 408 pages
...of the heathen—as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Koman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonins of Tyana; and truly and really in divers of the ancient hermits and holy fathers of the Church. Bacon's Essays, xxviii.' L. as carefully to the repairs and good order of their spiritual attire.'... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 396 pages
...of the heathen—as Epimenides theCandian, Numa the Roman, Empedoeles the Sieilian, and Apollonins of Tyana; and truly and really in divers of the ancient hermits and holy fathers of the Chureh. Bacon's Essays, xxviii.' L. as carefully to the repairs and good order of their spiritual attire.'... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...heathens — as Epimenides, the Candían ; Numa, the Roman ; Empedodes, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, Chambers are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love. The Latin adage... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...heathen ; as Epitnenides, the Candian ; Numa, the Eoman ; Empedocles, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, this World grow up together almost inseparably; extondeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures ; and talk but a tinkling... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...Epimenides, the Candian ; Numa, the Roman ; Empedocles, the Sicilian ; and Apollonius, of Tyana ;9 and truly and really in divers of the ancient hermits...little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendcth ; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...of the heathens, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana, and truly and really in divers of the ancient...fathers of the Church. But little do men perceive what 15 solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of... | |
 | 1876 - 966 pages
...the speech, " Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god ; " he exclaims — But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how...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. . . . We may... | |
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