 I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities;...  Bacon - Strona 19autor: Richard William Church - 1895 - Liczba stron: 231Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | George Dyer - 1814 - Liczba stron: 320
...Burleigh, " all knowledge for my province, and if I purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof, the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities,...and discoveries, the best state of that province." A few years afterwards he sent these letters to Dr. Playfair, Lady Margaret's professor, to be translated... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - Liczba stron: 544
...knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations and verbosities,...vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, pkilanthropia, is so fixed in my mind as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see, that place of any... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - Liczba stron: 616
...all knowledge to be my province; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities;...vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that place of any... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - Liczba stron: 616
...knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities...vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philant hropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that place of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - Liczba stron: 624
...all knowledge to be my province; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities;...vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that place of any... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - Liczba stron: 432
...and if I could purge it of two sojts " of rovers, whereof thejjne with frivolous dispu: " tations, confutations, and verbosities ; the other " with blind...glory, or " nature, or (if one take it favourably) Philantb.ro" pia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be re" moved." After the lapse of twelve more... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - Liczba stron: 524
...knowledge to be my ' province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof " the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities...of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain-glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, phitanthropia is so fixed in my -mind, as it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - Liczba stron: 784
...knowledge to be my providence ," and if 1 could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities...inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - Liczba stron: 530
...knowledge to be my providence ;* and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities...inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847 - Liczba stron: 892
...be my province, and — if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivoloiu disputations, confutations, and verbosities, the other...impostures, hath committed so many spoils — I hope 1 should bring in industrious observations, grounded conclusions, nnd profitable Inventions and discoveries.'... | |
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