 For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them...  The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 42by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...entertain their minds with " variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to " victory of wit and contradiction...sought " in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a search" ing and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a " wandering and variable mind to walk up and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 554 pages
...to entertain their minds " with variety and delight : sometimes for ornament and re" putation : and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit " and contradiction...of their gift of " reason to the benefit and use of man : as if there were sought *' in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and " restless... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...ornament and reputation : and some»* times to enable them to victory of wit and contra" diction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; " and seldom...of their " gift of reason to the benefit and use of man : as if Specimen! of Dr. Shaw's Variation, from Lord Bacon's arrangement and Titles. The Essays... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...for ornament and reputation : and some" times to enable them to victory of wit and contra" diction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; " and seldom...of their " gift of reason to the benefit and use of man : as if Specimens of Dr. Shaw's Variation, from Lord Bacon's arrangement and Titles. - The Essays... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times_for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornamen t and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...sometunes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation , and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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 down... | |
 | Plymouth athenaeum - 1830 - 390 pages
...entertain '• their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and...their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men " . . . But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt " knowledge, if contemplation and :irt... | |
 | Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society - 1830 - 398 pages
...to entertain '. their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and...their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men "... But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt " knowledge, if contemplation and actici... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 pages
...course of sedate tranquillity, of a contented state of life, and of virtuous and generous actions. A to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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,... | |
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