 ... 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 a fort or commanding ground for strife...  A Manual of English Literature - Page 356by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...remembering, that 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 with a fair prospect," but " a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." But from the... | |
 | James Bush - 1841 - 124 pages
...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 terrass for a wandering and variable mind, to walk up and down with i a fair prospect ; or a tower... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pages
...and use of men: as if there were Bought in knowledge, a couch, whereupon to rest a searching •iid restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or coinmnnjjng ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit and sale; and not a rich storehouse... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 pages
...there were sought in knowledge a couch, where to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit hnd sale; and not a rich storehouse. for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | Edward Forbes - 1843 - 32 pages
...That which Lord Bacon said of all knowledge is especially true of this department, that it " 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." IHE END.... | |
 | 1843 - 450 pages
...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...for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sain ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. —... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1843 - 256 pages
...but that, as Bacon says, " there is not sought in Knowledge a Couch whereon to rest a searching and a restless Spirit ; or a Terrace for a wandering and...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^." Many things... | |
 | 1843 - 862 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...for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sale : and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of mans estate."... | |
 | 1851 - 620 pages
...breeding, or good manners, to pry into the affairs of others. Remember this. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge 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. — Lord Bacon.... | |
 | 1871 - 870 pages
...greatest error of learning is the mistaking the final end of knowledge ; for some have sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless...ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."... | |
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