... 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... The Catholic Penny Magazine - Page 2601884Full view - About this book
| 1821 - 408 pages
...: 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,... | |
| Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...; 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." Such is the extent of the outline, such the symmetry in the arrangement, such the beauty... | |
| Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 578 pages
...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."* But, as knowledge is thus various, and may be received into minds so variously constituted... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...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... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...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." If the intricacies of a court are neither discovered nor illustrated with the same... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...or a fort or 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." It was not likely that, with such sentiments he would meet with much sympathy in the... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...a " fort or commanding ground, for strife and conten* tion ; 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. But this is that which will " indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, ifcontempla" tion and... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...; 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 mans estate. ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING . , 53 J have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning,... | |
| 1829 - 592 pages
...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 ia that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemptation and... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...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... | |
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