 ... 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 a fort or commanding ground for strife...  A Manual of English Literature - Page 360by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 - 590 pages
...tiucjiccoimt 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... | |
 | 1892 - 678 pages
...the more eminent workers make some fragment of a fragment their own. Knowledge во gained is not *' a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon." PROF. SEEAT thought — I suppose, until I un deceived him— that every one knew that Pernel was a... | |
 | 1850 - 824 pages
...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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...appreciate what we leant, and to arrange what we know. — II. More. Knowledge is not a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know. — H. More. Knowledge is not a couch whereon opositions. — Johnson. \ little learning is a dangerous thing ! drin mind to wnlk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1908 - 662 pages
...fallen away from God, by the operation of truth upon the mind and character. "Knowledge is not then a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrasse for a wandering and tThe state of the colleges in Holland powerfully confirms our conclusion.... | |
 | George O'Neill - 1909 - 40 pages
...gift of reason to the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or a commanding ground for strife or contention; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house... | |
 | Medical Association of Georgia. Annual Meeting - 1910 - 516 pages
...the human mind, we can but truly feel as the author, who said: "That knowledge is not a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace...walk up and down, with a fair prospect, or a tower of the state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort, or commanding ground for strife and contention,... | |
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