 | Maria Edgeworth - Child rearing - 1801 - 366 pages
...and he that receiveth " knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction than ex*' pectant enquiry ; and so rather not to doubt, than not to " err ; glory making the author not to lay open his weak" ness, and sloth making the disciple not to know his « strength."*... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1811 - 522 pages
...examined ; and he that receiveth " knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction " than expectant inquiry; and so rather not " to doubt, than not to err; glory making the " author not to lay open his weakness, and M sloth making the disciple not to know his. " strength."*... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 642 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver; for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined : and he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver: for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined; and he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver : for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined ; and he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
 | Education - 1829 - 592 pages
...examined ; and he that receiveth knowledge, ' desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant inquiry ; and so rather not to doubt, than not to err : glory making the author not to lay open his weakness, and sloth making the disciple not to know his strength. ' But... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver ; for he that delivereth knowledge, ill siivt h to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined : and he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - Christianity - 1828 - 498 pages
...best examined : and s he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction than expectant inquiry ; and so rather not to doubt, than not to err. Glory making the author n9t to lay open his weakness, and eloth making the disciple not to know his strength. But knowledge... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver : for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined ; and he that receiveth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...between the deliverer and the receiver; for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined : and he that receivcth knowledge, desireth rather present satisfaction, than expectant... | |
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For as knowledges are now delivered, there is a kind of contract of error, between the deliverer and the receiver; for he that delivereth knowledge, desireth to deliver it in such form as may be best believed, and not as may be best examined : and he... 
