... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch 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... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4251851Full view - About this book
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...edition, p. 43. of their gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man : — as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate."... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| 1842 - 1036 pages
...Knowledge," says Lord Bacon, " is not a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
| 1835 - 538 pages
...followed in the University, — the philosophy of Aristotle ; real knowledge beiug in his view " not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless...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*." At... | |
| Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1836 - 1310 pages
...could be conveyed by means of the columns of a newspaper : — " Knowledge," said Lord Bacon, "is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless...strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Suppose that... | |
| Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 422 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, — and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator,... | |
| Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, — and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, where to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace,...itself upon; or a fort, or commanding ground for strife or contention; or a shop for profit and sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator,... | |
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