 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...  New Biographies of Illustrious Men - Page 391857 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...confutations, and verbosities : the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils; I hope I should bring in...inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be euriosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...confutations, and verbosities ; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils ; I hope I should bring in...of that province. This, whether it be curiosity or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1838 - 864 pages
...confutations, and verbosities; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils; I hope I should bring in...curiosity, or vain-glory, or nature, or if one take it favourably, phitanthropta, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...confutations, and verbosities : the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath s Bacon providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vainglory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...grounded conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vainglory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see, that... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1845 - 672 pages
...confutations and verbosities ; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils, — I hope I should bring...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries. ... If your Lordship will not carry me on, I will not do as Anaxagoras did, who reduced himself with... | |
 | 388 pages
...confutations and verbosities ; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils, — I hope I should bring...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries. ... If your Lordship will not carry me on, I will not do us Anaxa" troras did, who reduced himself... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1847 - 884 pages
...blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils — 1 hope 1 should bring in industrious observations, grounded...conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries.' " Thero was no remarkable sign of debasement in this solicitation to an obdurate and peevish old uncle,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 870 pages
...confutations, and verbosities; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils ; I hope I should bring in...curiosity, or vain-glory, or nature, or if one take it favourably. phtlanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...confutations, and verbosities : the otber with blind experimente and auricular traditions, and impostures, bath ications for honesty and stale of that province. '!':.•• whether it be curiosity, or vainglory, or nature, or, if one take... | |
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