 But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.  The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Philosophical works - Page 145by Francis Bacon - 1857Full view - About this book
 | John Morley - Authors, English - 1894 - 468 pages
...philosophical romance, " not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light." Such, too, was Southey's trade, and he held that God's first creature is free to travel unchallenged... | |
 | Literature - 1895 - 872 pages
...maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or Jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor for any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature,...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." THOMAS RR STEBBINQ. From Temple Bar. THE GIBRALTAR OF FRANCK. On no part of the French coast is the... | |
 | Scotland - 1895 - 982 pages
...maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels ; nor for silks ; nor for spices ; nor for any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature,...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." THOMAS RR STUBBING. A FOREIGN MISSION IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTON. MY apology for this paper is that... | |
 | Henry Morley - Utopias - 1896 - 294 pages
...we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor ior spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...indeed we were all astonished to hear so strange things to probably told. And he perceiving that we were willing to say somewhat, but had it not ready, in... | |
 | James Earl Russell - Education - 1924 - 952 pages
...see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature which was light; to have MERCHANTS OF LIGHT light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world, call Merchants of Light."... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1906 - 524 pages
...maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels ; not for silks ; nor for spices ; nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world. ATALANTA, OR GAIN. (From "The Wisdom of the Ancients."; ATALANTA, who was reputed to excel in swiftness,... | |
 | William Buck Guthrie - Socialism - 1907 - 374 pages
...jewels, not for silks nor for spices, nor for any commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, light ; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." * 13. This thesis pretends to be an introduction to the study of socialism, which comments on certain... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 146 pages
..."We maintain a trade, not for gold, silver , or jewels ; nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...(I say) of the growth of all parts of the world." — New Atlantis. Seb. Yet he would be king on 't. Ant. The latter end of his commonweath forgets the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Browne - 1909 - 348 pages
...see we maintain a trade not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...which was Light: to have light (I say) of the growth of41 all parts of the world." And when he had said this, he was silent; and so were we alU For indeed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1909 - 360 pages
...spices; nor any other commodity of mat- 1 ter; but only for God's first creature, which was Light: tot: have light (I say) of the growth of" all parts of the world.'tjj And when he had said this, he was silent; and so were we all. For indeed we were all astonished... | |
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