For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them... The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of Englandvon Francis Bacon - 1834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 Seiten
...a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite : sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight: sometimes for ornament and reputation : and...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ;...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit;... | |
| 1821 - 408 Seiten
...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 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 Seiten
...natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to en-tertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 Seiten
...a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...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... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 Seiten
...entertain their minds with " variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to " victory of wit and contradiction...sought " in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a search" ing and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a " wandering and variable mind to walk up and... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 Seiten
...entertain their minds with " variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to '' victory of wit and contradiction...sought " in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a search" ing and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a " wandering and variable mind to walk up and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 554 Seiten
...sometimes to entertain their minds " with variety and delight : sometimes for ornament and re" putation : and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit " and...of their gift of " reason to the benefit and use of man : as if there were sought *' in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and " restless... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 Seiten
...ornament and reputation : and some»* times to enable them to victory of wit and contra" diction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; " and seldom...of their " gift of reason to the benefit and use of man : as if Specimen! of Dr. Shaw's Variation, from Lord Bacon's arrangement and Titles. The Essays... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ;...them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times_for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason,... | |
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