| 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...young, like Milton, he felt that he was destined for great things. " I confess," said he, " that 1 have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate...to us pure and spotless ; could he have borne his burden in that promised land, — a land to him flowing with milk and honey, — not only would mankind... | |
| 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...young, like Milton, he felt that he was destined for great things. " I confess," said he, " that 1 ER. That face is not pleasant, sir. Nothing so disfigures...envy. Old Poets at last grow ugly all — but you, burden in that promised land, — a land to him flowing with milk and honey, — not only would mankind... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 770
...lime, resolved to pursue it. "I confess," said he ¡na leuer written when he was still young, bthat I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends." Had his civil ends continued to he moderate, he would have been, not only the Mn*es, but the Joshua... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...Knowledge of Advancement in Life, set forth in a shape fit to come home to men's business and bosoms. I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil -ends: so Bacon wrote in his youth. In his later life he might, with as great or greater truth, have contrasted... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 292
...Knowledge of Advancement in Life, set forth in a shape fit to come home to men's business and bosoms. I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends : so Bacon wrote in his youth. In his later life he might, with as great or greater truth, have contrasted... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...parts of action are. I confess that * Basil Montagu, "Bacon's Works, with a New Life" (edit. 1825-34). I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends, for / have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of errors —... | |
| John Nichol - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...as a man born under an excellent Sovereign that deserveth the dedication of all men's abilities. ... 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,... | |
| John Nichol - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...as a man born under an excellent Sovereign that deserveth the dedication of all men's abilities. ... 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,... | |
| 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...of the work to the benefit of all, not sparing himself or regarding private advantage or profit. " I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends," he declared; "for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. This— whether it be curiosity or... | |
| Reuben Post Halleck - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 652
...appealed for some lucrative position at the court. In a letter to his uncle, Bacon says : " I confess I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." This shows that he wished leisure for study and... | |
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