 | Francis Bacon - 1702 - 408 pages
...write not of. My felf, am like the Miller of Grancejler, that was wont to pray, for Peace, amongft the Willows ; For while the Winds blew, the Wind-mills wrought, and the Water-mill, was lefs cuftomed. So I fee, that Controverfies of Religion, muft hinder the Advancement of Sciences. Let... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows, for while the wind blew, the windmills wrought and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies in religion must hinder the advancement of science"' DR. BBEWSTER. Dr. Brewster was put out of commons... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...virtue of the race, but of the lightness of the way. And to speak truth, it is to the other but aspalma to pugnus, part of the same thing more large. You...Carriage, may restore you to your country, and your Mends to your society. And so I commend yera to God's goodness. Gray'»-Inn, Oct. 10, 1609. C. To Mr.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...have commission to impart and communicate them to others according to your discretion. Other matter* I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Granchester,...customed. So I see that controversies, of religion must 2 hinder the advancement of sciences. Let me conclude with my perpetual wish towards yourself, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...an opinion, that whosoever allowed well of that Ereface, which you so much commend, will not diske, or at least ought not to dislike, this other speech...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. Let me conelude with my perpetual wish towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by your own discreet... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows, for while the wind blew, the wind-mills wrought and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies in religion must hinder the advancement of the sciences !" The letter is in the Middle Temple Library.... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...Aristotleian.' 'Myself,' he adds, 'am like the miller of Huntington, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows ; for while the winds blew the wind-mills...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences.'* Long before the publication of his Instauration, Bacon had imparted the plan of it to bishop Andrews,... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pages
...Aristotleian.' 'Myself,' he adds, 'am like the miller of Huntington, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows ; for while the winds blew the wind-mills...wrought, and the water-mill was less customed. So HIS LIFE AND WORKS. 97 I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement of sciences.'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...an amusing comparison — " Other matters I write not of; myself am like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. " In another beautiful letter to Matthew, after confessing his desires to be " that his writings should... | |
 | 1913 - 610 pages
...Philosophies ' (' Redargutio Philosophiarum ' ), Bacon says : — " Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...the windmills wrought, and the water-mill was less custorned." — EA Abbott, ' Francis Bacon,' 1885, p. 160. Can any one tell me whether the miller was... | |
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Myself am like the miller of Granchester, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows, for while the winds blew, the wind-mills wrought, and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement... 
