 ... 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...  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 39by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...victory of wit and contradiction ,- and most times for lucre and profession ,• and seldom sincerely would b man : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit,-... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - Self-culture - 1851 - 496 pages
...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 to...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... | |
 | England - 1851 - 812 pages
...of the saying, ' Knowledge is power ;] " and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit and use of men ; as if there...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... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1851 - 820 pages
...power;'] "and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit anil use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a...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... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - English fiction - 1851 - 444 pages
..."and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit and use of nien; 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... | |
 | Scotland - 1851 - 856 pages
...citera of the saying, 'Knowledge is power;'] "and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit and use of men; as if there were Bought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 236 pages
...victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to giwi a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit...whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a tarrasso for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of... | |
 | Medicine - 1852 - 632 pages
...victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerelj и give a true account of their gift of reason, to the...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searchin; and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...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 to the benefit and use of man. As if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of the (lift of their reason to the benefit and use of men ; as if there were sought iu knowledge a couch 'hereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering... | |
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