 | 1847 - 566 pages
...couch whereupon to rest a search' ing and restless spirit ; or a terras for a wandering and variab'e ' mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or com' manding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit ' or sale ; — and not a rich... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...a heart that is double and cloven, and not entire and ingenuous." If there is not such beauty as " men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to 1 8vo. Pan . Par Hotmail, of which there Is a copy In the Britiih Miueum. • In ;IH i and in 1617,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...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...glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate." State what particular form of error each of the above metaphors, viz. the couch — the terrace —... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...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...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." State what particular form of error each of the above metaphors, viz. the couch — the terrace —... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...ENOWLEDGE. Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Lord Bacon.... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...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,...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. " It is commonly found that men have views to fame and ostentation, sometimes in uttering, and sometimes... | |
 | 1849 - 1428 pages
...were sought in knowiedge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."* And the same ideas run all through his works from the first page to the last. Thus in the Essay " Of... | |
 | 1849 - 736 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glury of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."* And the same ideas run all through his works... | |
 | 1849 - 610 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirits; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down,...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; ora fort of commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit and sale; and not a rich... | |
 | 1849 - 612 pages
...for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state, fur 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 storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."... | |
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... 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 a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to... 
