 | 1851 - 856 pages
...so understood it." PARSOX. — " Thus, when this great * " But the greatest error of all the rest ia the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest...inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them... | |
 | 1851 - 792 pages
...intellectual." LEONARD. — " That is true— we so understood it." PARSON. — " Thus, when this great ' '' But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking...into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upou в natural curiosity and inqnisitire appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1851 - 820 pages
...sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate."* * "Kut the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking...into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes apon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 pages
...intended to confer. "The greaiest error of all the rest," says he, " is the mistaking or misplacing the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have...inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them... | |
 | 1851 - 812 pages
...intellectual." LEONARD. — "That is true — we so understood it." " PARSON. — " Thus, when this great * " But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking...the last or farthest end of knowledge: — for men пате entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1852 - 328 pages
...insisted upon by Lord Bacon, in his own peculiar manner. " The greatest error of all the rest," says he, " is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest...inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation, and sometimes to enable them... | |
 | 1852 - 632 pages
...cultivated, however, in a proper spirit, alwajs remembering that the great Lord BACON has said,— " The greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking...knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning sai knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity. a*3 inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...and then whatever he enjoyed in praise, he must suffer in reproach. Johnson. XX. JDwtre of Seaming. MEN have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them... | |
 | 1852 - 978 pages
...well as ease to ibe reader, redistributed, and composed into different periods, thus, perhaps : — 1. The greatest error of all the rest is, the mistaking...misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge. 2. Men Appear to have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes from a natural curiosity... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. 11. But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
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But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to... 
