 ... 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
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...to give a true account of the gift of reason to the benefit and use of man. As if there were wrought 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...profession ; — but 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 state... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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 state... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...profession ; — but 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 state... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 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... | |
 | 1857 - 996 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... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - 1907 - 462 pages
...learning and knowledge " not as a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; nor.a fort or commanding ground for strife... | |
 | Stanton Coit - 1908 - 506 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Chartered Insurance Institute - 1909 - 618 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... | |
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