 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...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,...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."... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...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 ;...storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of mans estate. ADVANTAGES Of LSARNINO . . 53 / kavt no purpose to enttr into a laudative of learning,... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...advancement of learning : but the greatest error of all the rest, he says, is the mistaking the true end of knowledge ; ' for men have entered into a desire...upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife or contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...knowledge 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...ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit and sale; but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate*." At... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pages
...tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife or contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.' HIS LIFE AND WORKS. 117 He then proceeds to weigh the dignity of knowledge in the balance with other... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1836 - 1310 pages
...said Lord Bacon, "is 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...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." Suppose that... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 422 pages
...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,...itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, — and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 pages
...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,...itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, — and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 312 pages
...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, — and...of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate*." In the same pure and noble strain, Milton spoke, not of the mercenary crew of false pretenders to learning,... | |
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... 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... 
