 | John Nichol - 1889
...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, whereof the one with frivolous disputations,... | |
 | John Nichol - 1889
...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, whereof the one with frivolous disputations,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 1058
...one time, resolved to pursue it. "I confess," said he in a letter written when he was still young, " omor Had lus civil ends con. would have been, not only the Moses but the Joshua of philosophy. He would... | |
 | William Francis C. Wigston - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...strength. For example, in a letter written to Lord Burghley, in his thirty-second year, he writes : " Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplative...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,... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Pott - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 421
...get. " Then he makes that remarkable declaration which further explains his perpetual need of money: " I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends; for I have taken att knowledge to be my province. This, whether it be curiosity or vainglory, or, if one may take it... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Pott - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 421
...that remarkable declaration which further explains his perpetual need of money: " I confess that Ihave as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. This, whether it be curiosity or vainglory, or, if one may take it favorably, philanthropia,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 924
...time, resolved to pursue it. " I confess," said he, in a letter written when he was still young, " oO_ a T N & ҈렪I 5 pR J ` t TlE ) , \ Had his civil ends continued to be moderate, he would have been, not only the Moses, but the Joshua... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...deepest aspirations. He declared, in a letter to Lord Burleigh, written at the outset of his career, " I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends,...moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." He early resolved that he would strive to benefit the race by the discovery of truth... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894
...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 frivilous disputations,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894
...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 frivilous disputations,... | |
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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;... 
