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
| John Nichol - 1889 - 284 psl.
...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... | |
| James Appleton Morgan - 1888 - 360 psl.
...1592) "the meanness of my [his] estate ; for though I can not accuse myself that lam either | 'rodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get.1" This is the very year, 1592, in which Robert Greene " discovers that a new poet has arisen who... | |
| John Nichol - 1889 - 284 psl.
...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1100 psl.
...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 - 502 psl.
...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...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... | |
| Mrs. Henry Pott - 1891 - 432 psl.
...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... | |
| Mrs. Henry Pott - 1891 - 432 psl.
...necessary for him to earn money, because, though he could not excuse himself of sloth or extravagance, " yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. " Then he makes that remarkable declaration which further explains his perpetual need of money: " I... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 psl.
...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 - 546 psl.
...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, as I have 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... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 624 psl.
...employ whatsoever I am to do your service. 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 ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with... | |
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