 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - 1849 - 448 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest an uneasy spirit; or for a terrace for a wandering mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to rest itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a ship for... | |
 | 1849 - 290 pages
...minds : — " Knowledge is not a eoueh wherenpon to rest a searehing or an anxious spirit, or a terraje for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospeet, or a tower of state for a prond mind to raise itself upon, or a fort ou a eommanding ground... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 212 pages
...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...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 contention; or a shop for... | |
 | 1851 - 588 pages
...gifts of reason to the benefit and use of men ; aa if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace...walk up and down, with a fair prospect ; or a tower ol stale for a proud min-Л to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention... | |
 | 1922 - 876 pages
...passage of fine prose should serve. I take one from Bacon : As if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit;...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 contention; or a shop for... | |
 | Zenas Clark Dickinson - 1922 - 328 pages
...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...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 contention; or a shop, for... | |
 | Zenas Clark Dickinson - 1922 - 328 pages
...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 lower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and... | |
 | Henry W. Wells - 1924 - 256 pages
...in that game. Advancement of Learning, Part I As if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace...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 contention, or a shop for... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1906 - 832 pages
...gift of reason to the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or a commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for... | |
 | Henry Hardin Cherry - 1926 - 230 pages
..."is not a couch whereon to rest a searching spirit; or a terrace for a wandering mind to walk upon with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a sort of commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for... | |
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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... 
