 ... 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...  The Retrospective Review.. - Seite 288herausgegeben von - 1821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Forbes - 1843 - 32 Seiten
...; or a fort or commanding ground for 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." IHE END. Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Bed Lion Court, Fleet Street. V ... | |
 | 1844 - 276 Seiten
...gift oj reason to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge n couch whereon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 Seiten
...raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contentioni 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." — Bacon. NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY SEARS & ч W AL K ER, 114 FULTON STREET. BOSTON: SAXTON AND PEIRCE,... | |
 | 1871 - 870 Seiten
...raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding 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." J This error of learning was not peculiar to the age of Bacon. No one who watches the drift of opinion... | |
 | 1851 - 620 Seiten
...upon; or a fort or commanding ground for 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. — Lord Bacon. THE THRONE OF GRACE. If yon are a Christian, the throne of grace is yours. Your Father... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 Seiten
...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 profit or sale, and not...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Bacon's Advancement of Learning. 14. Would I then withhold the Bible from the cottager and the... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1845 - 144 Seiten
...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 profit or sale; and not...the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."—In brief, learning is sought as the means to an end,—and that end is too usually a worldly... | |
 | 1845 - 608 Seiten
...— or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention — or a shop for profit or sale — hut a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." * Lord Bacon — Connected with this pnrt of the article, we earuestlv recommend to our readers, a... | |
 | 1846 - 492 Seiten
...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 profit or sale ; and not...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." — In brief, learning is sought as the means to an end, — and that end is too usually a worldly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 Seiten
...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 profit or sale ; and not...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
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