 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 782
...one time, resolved to pursue it. "I confess," said ne in a letter written when he was still young, ay Had his civil ends continued to be moderate, he would have been, not only the Moses, but the Joshua... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...time, resolved to pursue it. " I confess," said he, in a letter written when he was still young, " that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends." Had his civil ends continued to be moderate, he would have been not only the Moses, but the Joshua... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 884
...though I cannot acense myself that I am cither prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend nor my course to get. Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplativo ends as I have moderate civil ends; for I have token all knowledge to he my province,... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...afterwards altered, his petitions do not seem at this time to aim at any active legal place ; for he says, " I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends as...moderate civil ends, for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." His suit not receiving so much encouragement from his uncle as he hoped, he applied... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet, my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, ] confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as...moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my providence;* and if 1 could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...science. When young, like Milton, he felt that he was destined for great things. "I confess," said he, " that I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends." We cannot but regret that his lot was cast in such a mould that his own magnificent conceptions were... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 870
...though I cannot accuse myself, that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, I confess that 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, 1 y and places adjacent within ourtedder ; be my provine« ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet, my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, ] confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken »11 knowledge to be my providence;* and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...pursue it. "I confess," said he in a letter Mucaulay, Essays. Ill, 10 written when he was still young, "that I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends." Had his civil ends continued to be moderate, he would have been, not only the Moses, but the Joshua... | |
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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;... 
