 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 oldal
...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...storehouse for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate." State what particular form of error each of the above metaphors, viz. the couch —... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 oldal
...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...strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Lord Bacon.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 oldal
...Catalogue 300, entit ed Notel of Henry Seventh') reign, let down in MS. by the Lord Chancellor Bacon. raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground,...for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit • sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."... | |
 | William John Dawson - 1848 - 1186 oldal
...; nor a fort and commanding ground, for strife and contention ; nor a shop for self-interest : but a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man." ©bituarg. OCR much beloved sister ELIZABETH POWERS of Nottingham, the wife of brother W. Powers,... | |
 | Joan Simon - 1966 - 472 oldal
...true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of men'; they fail to see knowledge as 'a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'. Yet it is this, Bacon insists, that will in fact dignify and exalt knowledge, 'if contemplation... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 oldal
...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...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... | |
 | Edward LeRoy Long Jr. - 1992 - 250 oldal
...value of philosophy for affairs of state, as well as Bacon's belief that knowledge is best used "as a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," have been utilized on the premise that the educational institution trains individuals... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 oldal
...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...storehouse, for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate.27 Sloth, vain-glory, envy, pride, greed it is failings like these which Bacon describes... | |
 | Markku Peltonen - 1996 - 406 oldal
...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...storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. (Ill, 294) Contemplation and action, knowing and intervening must be conjoined more than... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 oldal
...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...storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate — But as both heaven and earth do conspire and contribute to the use and benefit of... | |
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... to give a true account 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; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with... 
