 | George Dyer - 1814 - 320 psl.
...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,...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries, the best state of that province." A few years afterwards he sent these letters to Dr. Playfair, Lady... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 psl.
...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,...conclusions and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 psl.
...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;...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 psl.
...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...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 psl.
...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;...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 psl.
...all 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...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 psl.
...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...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain-glory, or nature, or, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 psl.
...and if I could purge it of two sojts " of rovers, whereof thejjne with frivolous dispu: " tations, confutations, and verbosities ; the other " with blind...conclusions, and profitable inventions " and discoveries, the best state of that province. " This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or " nature, or (if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 psl.
...all 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...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847 - 892 psl.
...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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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; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed... 
