 | 1843 - 600 pages
..." But," he says, " the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or placing of the last and farthest end of knowledge ; for men have entered into...a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss. — THOMSON. SECTION X. LORD BACON. MEN have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 274 pages
...artful mixture of sweetening and agreeable ingredients. — Anon. The End and Use of Knowledge. — Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite, sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | James Bush - 1841 - 124 pages
...have first mistaken the right end of education; in which, as Lord Bacon observes, " the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of...a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 pages
...passage from his Advancement of Learning, is an example of Bacon's better style. " But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of...have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometime, upon a natural curiosity, and an iuqufsitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pages
...greater degree of importance than it has yet attained. THE greatest error is the mistaking of the true end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes, upon a natural curiosity and iwraisitive appetite ; sometimes, to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...assembled in his name. Church bell.— Toll ! toll! toll! Professor. — I will go. Goes. END OF KNOWLEDGE. Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes -upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite: sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight;... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 pages
...it manifests itself, let Lord Bacon teach. " But the greatest error," says that great writer, " 01 all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the...a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...a measure, true. " The greatest error of all is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge ; for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and... | |
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But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to... 
