 ... 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 a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or...  The Retrospective Review - Стр. 2881821Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - Страниц: 394
...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not...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 — the terrace —... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - Страниц: 594
...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." If the intricacies of a court are neither discovered nor illustrated with the same happiness as lif... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - Страниц: 346
...upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for 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. A SIGN OP WEAENESS. A person pointed out a man who had a profusion of rings on his... | |
 | William John Dawson - 1848 - Страниц: 1186
...; 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,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - Страниц: 284
...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; and not...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." — Bacon. LOVE OF IMMORTALITY. " Leaving the vulgar arguments, that by learning man excelleth man... | |
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...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not...of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."* And the same ideas run all through his works from the first page to the last. Thus in the Essay " Of... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 610
...raise itself upon; ora fort of 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." Education, in its broadest and highest import, is the art of developing, forming, moulding, and perfecting... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 612
...raise itself upon , 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." If such be the true end of all knowledge, how emphatically so must it be of that branch of it which... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1849 - Страниц: 580
...gift of reason to the benefit and use of men, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch. &c., &c., and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man 1 s estate.' Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich store-house, whence we... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 736
...tower of state for a proud mind to 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 glury of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."* And the same ideas run all through his works... | |
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