 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1833 - 458 páginas
...itself upon ; 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 ?aan's estate.' . . LORD BACON. Advancement of Learning. Works, ii. 51. severe, have added all the... | |
 | 1833 - 814 páginas
...itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife and contention ; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. BACON. WHEN the Princess Anne, daughter of Charles the First (who died, the 8th of December, 1G40),... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 páginas
...raise itself upon ; 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 university. It... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 páginas
...raise itself upon ; 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 LSARNINO . . 53 / kavt no purpose to enttr into a laudative of learning,... | |
 | 1842 - 1036 páginas
...itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife and contention ; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." 4. Plants and animals — being endowed with life — constitute what is called the organic kingdom... | |
 | 1884 - 716 páginas
...prospect, nor a foot 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. — -Bacon. Seneca compares lessons to grains of seed. The quality of the fruit depends entirely... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 páginas
...the community of all knowledge, and for the advancement of legal reform. " That," says Lord Bacon, " will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be moie nearly and strongly conjoined and united together, than they have been : a conjunction like unto... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 552 páginas
...speculators have despised experience ; but he who was both a philosopher and a statesman, has told us, ' This is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge,...and action may be more nearly conjoined and united than they have hitherto been.' These are the words of Lord Bacon * ; and in his spirit I shall, throughout... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 páginas
...raise itself upon ; 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.' HIS LIFE AND WORKS. 117 He then proceeds to weigh the dignity of knowledge in the balance with other... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1836 - 42 páginas
...raise itself upon, 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...knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been, a conjunction like unto that of the... | |
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... 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... 
