| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 頁
...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a tarrasse for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...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 contention ; or a shop,... | |
| 1841 - 500 頁
...remembering, that knowledge is not " a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, nor a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect," but " a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." But from the... | |
| James Bush - 1841 - 124 頁
...there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrass for a wandering and variable mind, to walk up and down with i a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 頁
...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...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 contention ; or a shop for... | |
| 1842 - 1008 頁
...and use of men: as if there were Bought in knowledge, a couch, whereupon to rest a searching •iid restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and...a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or coinmnnjjng ground, for strife and contention; or a shop,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 頁
...there were sought in knowledge a couch, where to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife or contention ; or a shop for... | |
| 1843 - 450 頁
...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;...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 contention ; or a shop,... | |
| Edward Forbes - 1843 - 32 頁
...which Lord Bacon said of all knowledge is especially true of this department, that it " is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit...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 contention ; or a shop for... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 頁
...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...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 contention ; or a shop for... | |
| James Pycroft - 1843 - 256 頁
...but that, as Bacon says, " there is not sought in Knowledge a Couch whereon to rest a searching and a restless Spirit ; or a Terrace for a wandering and...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 Contention ; or a Shop for... | |
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