 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 590 pages
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 | 1841 - 530 pages
...nor a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect,'" but " a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." But from the time of Bacon downwards, we find a general disposition among physical philosophers to neglect... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit, or sale ; and not a rich storehouse,...that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge. — BACON. SUNDAY SCHOOL SONGS. NO. I. 2. Come to the house of God ! There humbly bend the knee ; The... | |
 | 1842 - 796 pages
...illustration so curious, that we shall employ his words in preference to our own. " That," said he, " will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and strongly conjoined than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets —... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 pages
...himself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and contention; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Men possessed of superior natural or acquired powers, should be intellectual as well as spiritual almoners... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 pages
...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, and not a rich storehouse...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich storehouse, whence we should draw materials... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh, J. G. Marvin - 1843 - 130 pages
...speculators have despised experience ; but he who was both a philosopher and a statesman, has told us, ' This is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly compared and united than they have hitherto been.' These are the words of Lord Bacon ; and in his spirit,... | |
 | 1843 - 450 pages
...upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sain ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — /.-.../ Bacon. BELIEF To believe without examination, is no belief in reality, but merely an assent... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1843 - 256 pages
...upon ; or a Fort or commanding Ground for Strife and Contention ; or a Shop for Profit or Sale ; but a rich Storehouse for the Glory of the Creator and the relief of man's Estate^." Many things concealed from the wise and prudent, I shall be reminded, are revealed unto babes ; but... | |
 | Edward Forbes - 1843 - 32 pages
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; — but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." IHE END. Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Bed Lion Court, Fleet Street. V ... | |
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... 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... 
