 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...a heart that is double and cloven, and not entire and ingenuous." If there is not such beauty as " men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to 1 8vo. Paris, Par Holman, of which there is a copy in the British Museum. a In 1041, and in 1647, and... | |
 | 1852 - 1070 pages
...said, ' Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace fur a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...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.' We know no name... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1852 - 314 pages
...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...for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale;—and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." This... | |
 | R. W. Vanderkiste - 1852 - 380 pages
...words of Lord Bacon, " is not a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit — or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...fort or commanding ground for strife and contention — but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." And the days,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1852 - 428 pages
...couch whereupon to reнt a Marehing and realicen spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variahle mind to walk up and down, with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a prond mind to raise ssell upon ; or a tort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shoP... | |
 | 1852 - 978 pages
...to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or u tower of state for a proud mind to raise *>df opon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, •^ not [instead of?] a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's... | |
 | 1852 - 632 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searchin; and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fa» prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind » raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1852 - 610 pages
...searching and restless spirit ; or & terrace for a variable and wandering mind to walk up and down upon, with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud heart to disport itself upon ; or a fort for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale... | |
 | William Maxwell Wood - 1853 - 316 pages
...sought, in the words of Lord Bacon, "as a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1853 - 478 pages
...being, 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...raise itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground of strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale, but a rich store-house for the glory of the... | |
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... 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... 
