 | John Aubrey - Folklore - 1784 - 324 pages
...reverend thing to fee an antient caftle or " building not in decay; or to fee a fair tim" ber tree found and perfect; how much more " to behold an antient noble family, which " hath ftood againft the waves and weathers ct of time : for new nobility is but the act of " power ; but... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1854 - 338 pages
...Massachusetts or Connecticut can pronounce the name of WINTHROP with indifference. " It is," says Lord Bacon, " a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building...tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient family which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ! " Soon after the almost total... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...with a celebrated, and often-cited passage from Lord Bacon. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, •which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time. Those that are first... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time? for new nobility is... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. IBID. AS for nobility, in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle, or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect. How much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...with a celebrated, and often -cited passage from Lord Bacon. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which' hath stood against the waves and weathers of time. Those that are first... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or...tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath' stood against the waves and weathers of time ? for new nobility is... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 434 pages
...with a celebrated and often-cited passage from Lord Bacon. " As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay; or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for Nobility in particular persons : it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay ; or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...it maketh a kind of disproportion between honour and means. As for Nobility in particular persons : it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay ; or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against... | |
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As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers... 
