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" ... 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 425
1851
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 48; Volume 82

1845 - 562 pages
...may we rise, step by step, to a more lofty knowledge ; which, if we be right minded, ' will not be a tower of state for a proud mind to ' raise itself...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.'* * Lord Bacon....
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The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 6

1845 - 608 pages
...which, if we be right-minded, ' will not be a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upen — 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...
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Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay ...

Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 pages
...must be considered as the founder of " Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being 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 t^ie relief of man-s estate." BALARD...
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Chemistry of the Four Seasons ...: An Essay, Principally Concerning Natural ...

Thomas Griffiths (Professor of chemistry in the Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital) - 1846 - 526 pages
...must be considered as the founder of " Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being 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." BALARD...
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Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay ...

Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 pages
...must be considered as the founder of " Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being 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." BALARD...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 2-5

1744 - 596 pages
...faithfully for their good and for bis glory, and God shall give yon their life for a prey. KNOWLEDGE is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud man to raise himself upon ; or a fort of commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use SELECT PASSAGES of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and aown with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or...
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...give a true account of their gift of reason, to the henefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching...restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variahle mind to walk up and down with a fail prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise...
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The Christian Treasury, Volume 1

1846 - 644 pages
...USE OF KNOWLEDGE. — Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; nor a. terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down on ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 85

1847 - 566 pages
...couch whereupon to rest a search' ing and restless spirit ; or a terras for a wandering and variab'e ' mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or com' manding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit ' or sale ; — and not a rich...
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