 ... 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...  Messenger - Página 441906Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1851
...and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit and use of men ; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon...searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wundering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud... | |
 | ...benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching or 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... | |
 | Mark Girouard - 1978 - 344 páginas
...spirit . . . sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight . . . [making of knowledge] a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect . . . [and] sometimes for ornament and reputation . . . [using it as] a tower... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 316 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald, Wormald Brian Harvey Goodwin - 1993 - 409 páginas
...followed studies: 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...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... | |
 | Markku Peltonen, Peltonen Markku - 1996 - 372 páginas
...primacy in discussions. Too rarely are they disposed to use the gift of reason for the good of all men as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon...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... | |
 | Elisabeth Strauss - 1996 - 217 páginas
...Wissen. wie Bacon befürchtet hatte. als "couch. whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit: 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 ford or commanding... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent - 1999 - 320 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | 1905
...gift of reason for the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace...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... | |
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