 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with vaiiety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of man : asif there were sought in knowledge a couch,whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with variety aud delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...entertain their minds with " variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and " reputation ; and sometimes enable them to '' victory of wit and contradiction...their gift of reason, to the " benefit and use of men : as if there were sought " in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a search" ing and restless... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...for 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...gift of reason to the benefit and use of man : as if Specimens of Dr. Shaw's Variation, from Lord Bacon's arrangement and Titles. - The Essays by Dr. Shaw... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...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...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 by Dr. Shaw... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornamen t and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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... | |
 | Education - 1829 - 592 pages
...sometunes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation , and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction...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... | |
 | Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society - Natural history - 1830 - 398 pages
...to entertain '. their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men "... But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt " knowledge, if contemplation and actici... | |
 | Plymouth athenaeum - 1830 - 390 pages
...entertain '• their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for or" nament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to „ victory of wit and...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men " . . . But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt " knowledge, if contemplation and... | |
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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... 
