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" 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... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 311
by George Burnett - 1813
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...: 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 ornamen t and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most...
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Transactions of the Plymouth Institution

Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society - 1830 - 398 pages
..." Men," says he, " have " entered into a desire of knowledge, sometimes upon a natural " curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain...their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and contradiction ;...
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Transactions

Plymouth athenaeum - 1830 - 390 pages
..." Men," says he, " have " entered into a desire of knowledge, sometimes upon a natural " curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain...their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and contradiction ;...
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Lives, characters, and an address to posterity. Ed. by J.Jebb

Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1833 - 458 pages
...for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes, upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes, to entertain...lucre and profession ; and seldom, sincerely to give a true'account.of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge,...
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Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity

Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 pages
...for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes, upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes, to entertain...sometimes, for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes, who, to a depth of knowledge, which often makes men morose ; and to a height of piety, which too often...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...; for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge. sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain...sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with vaiiety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation...sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man : asif there were sought in knowledge a couch,whereupon to rest...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...acquired ; " Men," he says, " have entered into a desire of knowledge sometimes from a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their...and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction, and most times for lucre and profession...
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Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works

Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pages
...' for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain...sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to...
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An Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Bangor Lyceum: Nov ...

Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 pages
...reflections. " Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite, sometimes to entertain their...sincerely to give a true 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...
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