 ... 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 and...  History of the English People, Volume 5 - Seite 486von John Richard Green - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 Seiten
...prospect; nor a fort and commanding ground for strife and contention ; nor a shop for profit or sale, but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." It is true that his work contains errors: but they are the errors of the times rather than of the man... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 Seiten
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the 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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 Seiten
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop foi profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the 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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 Seiten
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the 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... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1898 - 622 Seiten
...upon ; nor a sort of commanding ground for strife and contention ; nor a shop for profit and sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." At the end of ninety-four years of life, with none of the intellectual infirmities of age, and without... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 Seiten
...commanding ground for strife and contention : or a shop for profit and sale : and not a rich store house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." BACON. \ } DR. JOHNSON. PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1751. • Audi Zfulla unjuam dt tnorte haminis cunctotio... | |
 | 1851 - 786 Seiten
...sought ; — I think it is thus that he proceeds. . . . 'Knowledgeisnot a shop for profit or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate." * PARSON, (remorsefully.) — " Are those Lord Bacon's words? I am very sorry I spoke... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 Seiten
...or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit, or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the 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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1820 - 200 Seiten
...upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." It is true, indeed, that these motives are relatively bad; that they are only temporary; that they... | |
 | 1821 - 404 Seiten
...: or a fort or commanding ground, for strife or contention : or a shop, for profit or sale, and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." He saw the true nature of the love of excelling, that it is only a temporary motive, and that it has... | |
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