 Lastly, 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;...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - 28 psl.redagavo - 1847Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 psl.
...the dedication of all men's abilities. . . Again the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me ; for though I cannot accuse myself that I am either...ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. . . This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or (if... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 psl.
...painful than most kinds of action are ... Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me : for though I cannot accuse myself that I am either...ends, as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." Upon this Mr. Spedding observes, " He had just completed his thirty-first... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 816 psl.
...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...for I have taken nil knowledge to be my province.' His hu.it not receiving so much encouragement from his uucle as he hoped, he applied to his cousin.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 psl.
...one 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... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1872 - 566 psl.
...the patronage of his uncle lord Burleigh: 'Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me; for though I cannot accuse myself that I am either...nor my course to get : Lastly, I confess that I have a vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to my province... | |
 | Sir James Allanson Picton - 1873 - 752 psl.
...dedication of all men's abilities. ..... ' Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me ; for though I cannot accuse myself that I am either...contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for 1 have taken all knowledge to be my province, and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 psl.
...one 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... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 484 psl.
...parts of action are. . . . Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me; for though I can not accuse myself that I am either prodigal or slothful,...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... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1875 - 98 psl.
...to employ whatsoever I am to do you service. Again the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me: for though I cannot accuse myself, that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to be spent, nor my course to get. Lastly I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 psl.
...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... | |
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