 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 4411851Full view - About this book
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes...contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...will venture to repeat, " Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite : sometimes...contradiction : and most times for lucre and profession : and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes...contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes...contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men:... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...is not such beauty as " men have entered " into a desire of learning and knowledge, some" times upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive " appetite ;...sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to '' victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times " for lucre and profession ; and... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...is not such beauty as " men have entered " into a desire of learning and knowledge, some" times upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive " appetite ;...sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to " victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times " for lucre and profession ; and... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...says Lord Bacon, " have entered into a desire of " learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natu" ral curiosity, and inquisitive appetite : sometimes "...delight : " sometimes for ornament and reputation : and some»* times to enable them to victory of wit and contra" diction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 554 pages
...consideration. " Men," says Lord Bacon, " have entered into a desire of " learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, " and inquisitive appetite :...with variety and delight : sometimes for ornament and re" putation : and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit " and contradiction ; and most times... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...says Lord Bacon, " have entered into a desire of " learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natu" ral curiosity, and inquisitive appetite : sometimes "...delight : " sometimes for ornament and reputation : and some" times to enable them to victory of wit and contra" diction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...farthest end of knowledge ; for men have enterfd into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety aud delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit... | |
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