 ... 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 of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Página 441906Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1868 - 860 páginas
...wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and...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 commandingground... | |
 | 1896 - 260 páginas
...student days: "The greatest error of learning is the mistaking the final end of knowledge; for some have sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching...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 a commanding... | |
 | 1851 - 648 páginas
...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... | |
 | 348 páginas
...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 - 358 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 - 330 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 - 1993 - 436 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... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 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... | |
 | Markku Peltonen - 1996 - 406 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 - 226 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... | |
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