 ... as if there 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 with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ;...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Side 107af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 sider
...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...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... | |
 | 1843 - 450 sider
...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,...upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sain ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator... | |
 | Edward Forbes - 1843 - 32 sider
...department, that it " is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; — but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1843 - 256 sider
...is not sought in Knowledge a Couch whereon to rest a searching and a restless Spirit ; or a Terrace for a wandering and variable Mind to walk up and down...itself upon ; or a Fort or commanding Ground for Strife and Contention ; or a Shop for Profit or Sale ; but a rich Storehouse for the Glory of the Creator... | |
 | 1871 - 870 sider
...some have 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...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,... | |
 | 1851 - 620 sider
...KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...Itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 sider
...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,...itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contentioni or a shop, for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the CREATOR,... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1845 - 144 sider
...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...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,... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 sider
...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...itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit or sale, and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator,... | |
 | 1845 - 562 sider
...may we rise, step by step, to a more lofty knowledge ; which, if we be right minded, ' will not be 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 profit or sale — but a rich storehouse ' for the glory of the... | |
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