 ... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4251851Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 608 pages
...— or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention — or a shop for profit or sale — hut a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." * Lord Bacon — Connected with this pnrt of the article, we earuestlv recommend to... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...for a proud man to raise himself upon ; or a fort of commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; — but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and relief of man's estate. 128 SINCERE RECONCILIATION. — " If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 pages
...raise itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit and sale, but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." BALARD discovered Bromine. BALDWIN made several experiments upon phosphorescent substances.... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pages
...to raise itself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and contention; nor yet a shop for profit and sale; but a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Jlacon. WIT is brushwood — Judgment is timber. The first makes the brightest flume;... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Lord Bacon. CCLVII. The Middle and Lower Classes. — The middle and lower ranks,... | |
 | 1846 - 492 pages
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." — In brief, learning is sought as the means to an end, — and that end is too usually... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 pages
...itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale, but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and t^ie relief of man-s estate." BALARD discovered Bromine. BALDWIN made several experiments upon phosphorescent... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding for strife and contention ; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — BACON. The present state of the Jews is a greal proof of Christianity. It is a surprising... | |
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