 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 Seiten
...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,...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop,... | |
 | 1833 - 270 Seiten
...Elements of Physics. HM KNOWLEDGE is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 Seiten
...their gift of reason, for the benefit and use of man : — as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit;...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 Seiten
...were sought in knowledge a couch,whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; 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 ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife... | |
 | 1842 - 1036 Seiten
...Knowledge," says Lord Bacon, " is not a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
 | 1835 - 542 Seiten
...in the University, — the philosophy of Aristotle ; real knowledge being in his view " not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 Seiten
...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...a fair prospect ; or a 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 312 Seiten
...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,...a fair prospect ; or a 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... | |
 | Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 Seiten
...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,...a fair prospect ; or a 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... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 Seiten
...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,...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 and contention, or a shop for... | |
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... 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 state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or... 
