 | Joyce Oramel Hertzler - 1928 - 350 pages
...information they have collected. Bacon as one of the inhabitants says, "Thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels, nor for silks, nor...God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." 66 This illuminating sentence sets forth the spirit... | |
 | 1924 - 524 pages
...them, we "maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature which was light; to have light for the growth of all parts of the world." CAROLINE FE SPURGKON, Professor of English Literature, University... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...practique; I may not do it : neither is it much to your desire. But thus you see we maintain a trade not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor...God's first creature, which was Light: to have light (I say) of the growth of" all parts of the world." And when he had said this, he was silent; and so... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 pages
...to bring unto us books, instruments, and patterns in every kind. ..thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks; nor...God's first creature, which was Light: to have light (I say) of the growth of all parts of the world' [III, 146-7]. See also 'experiments of light': ' [the... | |
 | Clarence J. Glacken - 1976 - 806 pages
...remembering the creation of light on the first day, continues, "But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor...God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." 2 * In Bacon's thought the voyages of discovery, especially... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...trade, not of gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor for any other commodity or matter; but only for God's first creature, which was...light; to have light of the growth of all parts of the world."103 These "Merchants of Light" are members of Solomon's House who are sent abroad every twelve... | |
 | Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi - 1992 - 332 pages
...Atlantis the admirable people of the island of Bensalem, while expert mariners, "maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor for any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature, which was Light: to have light...... | |
 | A.M.O. Dobbie - 1993 - 169 pages
...about 1660. See Keatinge's Introduction, page 93. 35 Cf. Bacon, New Atlantis: 'We maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices.. ..but only for God's first creature, which was light: to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts... | |
 | Kevin Dunn - 1994 - 266 pages
...concerning their acquisitive nature in his proviso that their idealized counterparts "maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor...but only for God's first creature, which was Light" (3, 146-47). Although Bacon's ultimate desire was a discourse of public utility to govern science,... | |
 | Amy Boesky - 1996 - 256 pages
...in twelve years to drop off fresh spies and retrieve the old. "But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor...but only for God's first creature, which was Light" (3: 146-47). These covert trips provide Bensalem with a one-way mirror through which to observe the... | |
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But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature, which was light: to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world. 
