 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...  The Life and Correspondence of Francis Bacon - Page 50by J. F. Foard - 1861 - 568 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...and if I purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof, the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities, the other with blind experiments,...and discoveries, the best state of that province." A few years afterwards he sent these letters to Dr. Playfair, Lady Margaret's professor, to be translated... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations and verbosities, the other with blind experiments...it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, pkilanthropia, is so fixed in my mind as it cannot be removed. And I do easily... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities ; the other with blind experiments...it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philant hropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities; the other with blind experiments...it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities; the other with blind experiments...it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, philanthropia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be removed. And I do easily... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...could purge it of two sojts " of rovers, whereof thejjne with frivolous dispu: " tations, confutations, and verbosities ; the other " with blind experiments,...it be curiosity, or vain glory, or " nature, or (if one take it favourably) Philantb.ro" pia, is so fixed in my mind, as it cannot be re" moved." After... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof " the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities : the other with blind experiments...of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain-glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably, phitanthropia is so fixed in my -mind, as it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...1 could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities : the other with blind experiments...inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities : the other with blind experiments...inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that providence.* This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it favourably,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847 - 892 pages
...I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivoloiu disputations, confutations, and verbosities, the other with blind experiments...impostures, hath committed so many spoils — I hope 1 should bring in industrious observations, grounded conclusions, nnd profitable Inventions and discoveries.'... | |
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