 ... 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...  The Saturday Magazine ... - Side 81842Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 sider
...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 for a wandering and...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 ; and not a rich storehouse,... | |
 | 1846 - 492 sider
...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 for a wandering and...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 ; and not a rich storehouse... | |
 | 1744 - 596 sider
...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 for a wandering and...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 sider
...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... | |
 | 1846 - 644 sider
...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 sider
...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 itselt upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale;... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 sider
...as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, — a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk...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 ; and not a rich storehouse... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sider
...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...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 ; and not a rich storehouse,... | |
 | 1847 - 566 sider
...couch whereupon to rest a search' ing and restless spirit ; or a terras for a wandering and variab'e ' mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or com' manding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit ' or sale ; — and not a rich... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...suffer. — JOHNSON. 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 ol state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; nor a commanding for strife and contention... | |
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