 ... 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 4411851Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1837
...could be conveyed by means of the columns of a newspaper : — " Knowledge," said Lord Bacon, "is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless...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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 356 páginas
...and seldom sincerely to give a true account of our gift of reason for the benefit and use of man : as if there were sought in knowledge, a couch whereupon...contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Of the strength of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 832 páginas
...and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there...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." He then weighs the... | |
 | 1838
...does not act (.De Augment. Scient.) as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to cast a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; but rather a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man.' She agrees... | |
 | 1838
...does not act (I)e Augment. Sclent.") as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to cast a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale; but rather a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man.' She agrees... | |
 | 1838
...Augment. Scient.) as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to cast a searching and restles* spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; but rather a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man.' She agrees... | |
 | 1843
...and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men ; as if there...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." We see, then, that the... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 350 páginas
...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...contention : or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of roan's estate. — Advancement of Learning.... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839
...but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon...ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. —... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...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. But this is that which... | |
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