... 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... Of the Advancement of Learning - Page 29by Francis Bacon - 1915 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1829 - 592 pages
...profession ; 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 walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...profession ; 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 terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1833 - 458 pages
...profession ; 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 tarasse, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down, with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...profession ; 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 terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...Credulity, vol. ii. of this edition, p. 43. of their gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man : — 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... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch,whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a Terrassefor a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tmver of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...is ever delightful in the apprehensions of some faculty : it fears no man, nor no thing, nor is it 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... | |
| 1835 - 538 pages
...followed in the University, — the philosophy of Aristotle ; real knowledge beiug in his view " 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 with a fair prospect ; or a. tower of... | |
| Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 pages
...profession , 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 walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 312 pages
...and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of man, 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... | |
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