 | Mary Kirby - 1850 - 204 pagine
...PARK'S TRAvELS. " Knowledge is not a coach whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in ; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding fort for strife... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 pagine
...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 ; or a fort or commanding ground, for... | |
 | 1851 - 812 pagine
...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 ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1851 - 444 pagine
...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; or a fort or commanding ground for strife... | |
 | 1851 - 792 pagine
...as if there were 'ought in knowledge a coueh wherenpon 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 prond mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pagine
...were fought in knowledge a Couch, whereupon to reft a fearching and reftlefs fpirit ; or a tarrafle for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair profpeft ; or a Tower of State, for a proud mind to raife itfelf upon ; or a Fort or commanding ground,... | |
 | 1852 - 978 pagine
...as if there were sought iu knowledge a couch 'hereupon 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pagine
...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 ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife... | |
 | R. W. Vanderkiste - 1852 - 380 pagine
...in the words of Lord Bacon, " is not a couch whereon 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... | |
 | 1919 - 398 pagine
...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; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife... | |
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... 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; or... 
