 ... 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;...  History of English Literature - Էջ 216Hippolyte Taine - 1871Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1842
...and use of men: as if there were Bought in knowledge, a couch, whereupon to rest a searching •iid restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or coinmnnjjng ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit and sale; and not a rich storehouse... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 311 էջ
...there were sought in knowledge a couch, where to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for profit hnd sale; and not a rich storehouse. for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843
...himself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and contention; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Men possessed of superior natural or acquired powers, should be intellectual as well as spiritual almoners... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 332 էջ
...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 ; or a terrace...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich storehouse, whence we should draw materials... | |
 | Edward Forbes - 1843 - 23 էջ
...said of all knowledge is especially true of this department, that it " is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...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.... | |
 | 1843
...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; or a terrace,...for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sain ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. —... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1843 - 216 էջ
...but that, as Bacon says, " there is not sought in Knowledge a Couch whereon to rest a searching and a restless Spirit ; or a Terrace for a wandering and...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^." Many things... | |
 | 1843
...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...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 mans estate."... | |
 | 1851
...to pry into the affairs of others. Remember this. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...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.... | |
 | 1871
...is the mistaking the final end of knowledge ; for some have sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace...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."... | |
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