 Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work...  Shakspere Weighed in an Even Balance - Page 14by Alfred Pownall - 1864 - 86 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1928 - 494 pages
...— OLD TESTAMENT. To rejoice in the prosperity of another is to partake of it. — WILLIAM AUSTIN. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes...; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — BACON. Prosperity walks hand in hand with the dealer who gives service. God, give us Peace, not... | |
 | Robert Bridges - Anglican chants - 1928 - 52 pages
...the Creator and the reliefe of mans estate' Orageinthis: 'we .fee in Needleworks and Embroyderies, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. ]udg therefore of the pleasure of the Heart, by the pleasure of the Eye.' I assert of these passages... | |
 | Robert Bridges - Church music - 870 pages
...the Creator and the reliefe of mans estate.' Orageinthis: 'Wf see in Needle'works and Embroyderies, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judg therefore of the pleasure of the Heart, by the pleasure of the Eye.' I assert of these passages... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New. 693 Essays 'Of Adversity' w a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. 8636 Diary 694 Essays 'Of Adversity' Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...afflictions of Job than the felicities6 of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;7 and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We...it is more pleasing to have a lively work* upon a sad8 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground: judge therefore... | |
 | Audrey Wood - Business & Economics - 2001 - 438 pages
...13 The New Public Company The early years as a listed company brought successes and disappointments Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. (Francis Bacon, Essay on Adversity (1625)) After the flotation things would never be quite the same... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...afflictions of Job than the felicities0 of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;0 and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We...embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work0 upon a sad0 and solemn ground,0 than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome0 ground:... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - Electronic books - 2007 - 344 pages
...prosperity destroy generosity." — Beecher "Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue." — "Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;...and adversity is not without comforts and hopes." — Sir Francis Bacon "A man who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity." — "In prosperity... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Religion - 716 pages
...Holy Spirit hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. We see, in needleworks and embroideries, it is more...upon a lightsome ground; judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odors — most... | |
 | D.V. Rangarajan - 2004 - 172 pages
...- Ovid. 4. An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise. - James Howell Prosperity 1. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. - Bacon. 2. lt is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the affected. 3. Prosperity makes... | |
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