 ... to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession...  My Novel: Or, Varieties in English Life - Side 398af Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 sider
...points' out as impediments to the progress of learn-- in g, he says: But the greatest error of all th« rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or...desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natrtral curiosity, and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 550 sider
...Among various other errors which he points out as impediments to the progress of learning, he says: But the greatest error of all the rest, is the' mistaking...desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a naturalcuriosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight... | |
 | 1851 - 786 sider
...intellectual." LEONARD. — " That is true — we so understood it." PARSON. — " Thus, when this great * " But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the b • i. or farthest end of knowledge : — fur men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 sider
...truths which he wishes to explain. To illustrate this, take (vol. ii. p. 51) the following passage : " But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking...the last or farthest end of knowledge ; for men have enterfd into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 sider
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entred into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 sider
...this prospectus is most respectfully submitted to public consideration. " Men," says Lord Bacon, " have entered into a desire of " learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natu" ral curiosity, and inquisitive appetite : sometimes " to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 sider
...Instauration, this prospectus is most respectfully submitted to public consideration. " Men/ says Lord Bacon, " have entered into a desire of " learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natu" ral curiosity, and inquisitive appetite : sometimes " to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | 1829 - 592 sider
...writings afford, of the purity of his purposes. But this will be best understood from his own language. ' But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking...upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometunes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 sider
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entred into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 sider
...Thefollowing passage from his Advancement of Learning, is an example of Bacon's better style : — , " But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking...knowledge, sometimes, upon a natural curiosity, and an inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for... | |
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