 ... 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 Student's History of Philosophy - Page 235by Arthur Kenyon Rogers - 1907 - 511 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...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 and contention;...storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of mans estate. ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING . , 53 J have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...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 and contention;...sale ; and not a rich storehouse, | for the glory ofjthe_Creator, ^nd the relief of man's | i estate. * But this is that which will indeed dignify and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a " fort or commanding ground, for strife and conten" tion ; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich " store-house...of the Creator, and the " relief of man's estate. But this is that which will " indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contempla" tion and action may... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a " fort or commanding ground, for strife and conten* tion ; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich " store-house...of the Creator, and the " relief of man's estate. But this is that which will " indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, ifcontempla" tion and action may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 554 pages
...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 and...; or a shop " for profit or sale ; and not a rich store- house, for the glory " of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." CONDITIONS. I. This... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...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 and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...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 and contention...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's^ estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...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 and contention...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. But this ia that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemptation and action may be... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 pages
...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 and contention...of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate.'. . LOUD BACON. Advancement of Learning. Works, ii. SI. good man, is one that considers what are the... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1833 - 458 pages
...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 and contention...storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of ?aan's estate.' . . LORD BACON. Advancement of Learning. Works, ii. 51. severe, have added all the... | |
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