 ... to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide, than a seeing man can by a light. And it is without all controversy, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous...  Advancement of Learning - Page 17by Francis Bacon - 1869 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...maniable, and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. And as to the judgment of Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy against learning,... | |
 | Charles Richard Elrington - 1822 - 246 pages
...churlish, thwarting, and mutinous ; " and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, consider" ing that the most barbarous, rude, and unlearned times...most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes." -—Advancement of Learning, B. 1. To oppose these statements an argument has been advanced, most plausible... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...maniable.and pliant to government; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. And as to the judgment of Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy against learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...maniable and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. And as to the judgment of Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy agajnst learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...maniable and pliant to government; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and jnutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. And as to the judgment of .Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy against learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...maniable, and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. And as to the judgment of Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy against learning,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1827 - 588 pages
...maniable, and pliant to government; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous. And the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...rude, and unlearned times, have been most subject to tumult*, éditions, and change»." I.onn BATON. LOX DO X: KNIGHT AND LACE-Y, PATKKXOSTF.il HO« ; AM>... | |
 | John Wood (of Edinburgh.) - 1829 - 296 pages
...and pliant to government ; whereas igno" ranee makes them churlish, thwarting, and muti" nous ; and the evidence of time doth clear this " assertion,...that the most barbarous, " rude, and unlearned times hare been most sub" ject to tumults, seditions, and changes." Is it, we may add, the ignorant or the... | |
 | John Wood - 1830 - 218 pages
...amiable, and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous ; and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering that the most ' i barbarous, rude, and unlearned times have been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 496 pages
...amiable, and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwarting, and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion, considering...most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes." CIVILIZATION AND SUBORDINATION. The natives of the Highlands, and the isles, are at this present moment... | |
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