 ... 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;...  History of English Literature - Page 216by Hippolyte Taine - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Griffiths - Chemistry - 1846 - 462 pages
...the founder of " Inductive Philosophy," real knowledge being in his view "not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace...ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit and sale, but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." BALARD... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...for bis glory, and God shall give yon their life for a prey. KNOWLEDGE is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace...a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud man to raise himself upon ; or a fort of commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...the benefit and use SELECT PASSAGES of man, 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 aown with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...of reason, to the henefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variahle mind to walk up and down with a fail prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise... | |
 | Protestantism - 1846 - 644 pages
...USE OF KNOWLEDGE. — 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 on ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and... | |
 | 348 pages
...benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching or restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. 1 See the Note at the end of this Lecture. There is much to take to heart here — especially as to... | |
 | Mark Girouard - History - 1978 - 358 pages
...spirit . . . sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight . . . [making of knowledge] a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect . . . [and] sometimes for ornament and reputation . . . [using it as] a tower of state, for a proud... | |
 | Joan Simon - Education - 1966 - 472 pages
...true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of men'; they fail to see knowledge as 'a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'. Yet it is this, Bacon insists, that will in fact dignify and exalt knowledge, 'if contemplation and... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...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; or a terrace...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
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