 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 492 pages
...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...of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate.'. . LOUD BACON. Advancement of Learning. Works, ii. SI. good man, is one that considers what are the... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - Great Britain - 1833 - 458 pages
...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 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 pages
...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 - 376 pages
...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...glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Upon examining this extract, it will appear that the truth is first conveyed, and that the imagery... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...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 glory of the Creator, and the relief of mans estate. ADVANTAGES Of LSARNINO . . 53 / kavt no purpose to enttr into a laudative of learning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | Agriculture - 1842 - 1036 pages
...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... | |
 | Ireland - 1884 - 716 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 388 pages
...mind to 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... | |
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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... 
