 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
 | William Francis C. Wigston - Rosicrucians - 1891 - 502 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 philanthropia, i.< so fixed in my mind as it cannot lie removed. And I do... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1892 - 402 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...and profitable inventions and discoveries : the best stift'i of that province." There was, he complains, no "art of invention." Such discoveries as had... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 628 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 cannot... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 624 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...the best state of that province. This, whether it be 14 ENGLISH PROSE curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or (if one take it favourably) philanthropia,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1895 - 600 pages
...and Verbosities: The other, with blind Experiments, and Auricular Traditions, and Impostures; hath committed so many spoils; I hope, I should bring in,...whether it be Curiosity, or Vain-glory, or Nature, or, fif one take it favourably,) Philanthropia, is so fixed in my minde, as it cannot be removed. And 1... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 pages
...experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils, I hope I shall bring in industrious observations, grounded conclusions,...of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or (if one take it favorably) philanthropic, is so fixed in my mind as it cannot... | |
 | Bertha Marian Skeat - Lamentatyon of Mary Magdaleyne - 1897 - 676 pages
...confutations and verbosities; the other with blind ezperiments and auricular traditions and impositions, hath committed so many spoils; I hope I should bring in...curiosity, or vainglory, or nature, or if one take it favourably, philanthropia , is so fixed in my mind, äs it cannot be removed. If your Lordship shall... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 540 pages
...confutations, and verbosities, the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils — I hope I should bring...curiosity, or vainglory, or nature, or (if one take it favorably) philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind as it cannot be removed. And I do easily see that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1899 - 540 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...profitable inventions and discoveries: the best state of the province. This, whether it be curiosity or vain-glory, or nature, or (if one take it favorably)... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 542 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...profitable inventions and discoveries : the best state of the province. This, whether it be curiosity or vain-glory, or nature, or (if one take it favorably)... | |
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