 ... 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 down with a fair prospect...  The Christian Remembrancer - Page 4281843Full view - About this book
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable us to victory of wit and contradiction, and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of our gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man: — as if there Virtue hath not half so much trouble... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 274 pages
...enable them to obtain the victory of wit and contradiction, and sometimes for lucre and profession ; but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...followed in the University, — the philosophy of Aristotle ; real knowledge being in his view "not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wondering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state... | |
 | James Bush - 1841 - 124 pages
...ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to vietory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to...whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrass for a wandering and variable mind, to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth (bp. of Lincoln.) - 1841 - 304 pages
...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 for the benefit and use of men ; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to...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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 pages
...and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to...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... | |
 | 1843 - 450 pages
...to enable them to victory of wit. and contradiction ; and most times, for lucre and profession ; but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift...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... | |
 | 1843 - 526 pages
...ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable us to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of our gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man : — as if there were sought in knowledge a couch... | |
 | 1843 - 428 pages
...ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable us to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of our gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man i — as if there were sought in knowledge a couch... | |
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