 ... 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...  The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 42by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...benefit and use of man : — as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering...walk up and down, with a fair prospect ; or a tower %f state for a proud mind to raise itself upon : or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1846 - 492 pages
...benefit and use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering...contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." — In brief, learning is... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 pages
...Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being in his view " not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering...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... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 pages
...Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being in his view "not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering...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... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...and God shall give yon their life for a prey. KNOWLEDGE is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering...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... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...SELECT PASSAGES of man, 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 aown with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...and 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 itselt upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale;... | |
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