 ... 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, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or...  The Advancement of Learning - Page 38by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 824 pages
...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 tarrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of... | |
 | Mary Kirby - 1850 - 208 pages
...PARK'S TRAVELS. " Knowledge is not a conch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
 | Mary Kirby - 1850 - 204 pages
...PARK'S TRAvELS. " Knowledge is not a coach whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as n searchin? and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down... | |
 | 1911 - 754 pages
...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 shop for profit and sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1911 - 274 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to repose a searching and restless spirit; or a tarasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fanprospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1912 - 302 pages
...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...for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or 1»ale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson - 1912 - 312 pages
...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 shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of... | |
 | Brown University - 1915 - 328 pages
...of debate and fields of battle. To such men learning was, in the stately phrases of Lord Bacon, "not a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; ... or a shop for profit or sale; . . . but a rich storehouse for the glory of the creator and the relief of... | |
 | 1915 - 220 pages
...goal of the schoolmen, was not the aim of our fathers. To them learning was not, in Bacon's phrase, " a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect"; it was equipment for a religious vocation, it was the development of men fitted for leadership in times... | |
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