 For were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light, or branching candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner...  The Atlantic Monthly - Pagina 5661868Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pagina’s
...say of the schoolmen, QiHZstionum minutiis scientiarumfrangunt soitditatem. For were it not better for a man in a fair room, to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of truth... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pagina’s
...such a way as to convince us that the truth is thereby very strongly asserted : " Were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up ONE GREAT LIGHT,...CANDLESTICK OF LIGHTS, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner ? " * • In the present case, " every pane." SELF-IGNITING GAS. To... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pagina’s
...say of the schoolmen, Qiuzstionum minutiis scientiarum frangunt soliditatem. For were it not better for a man in a fair room, to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of truth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...bars of iron. He who cannot dilate the sight of his mind, should consider whether it is not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light...about with a small watchcandle into every corner. R. Life, p. xxii. His tract upon Universal Justice was published in 1623, in the treatise De Augmentis... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pagina’s
...frangunt soliditatem" (minute disputations destroy the solidity of sciencej) For were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of truth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pagina’s
...the schoolmen, " Quaestionum " minutiis, scientiarum frangunt soliditatem." For were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of truth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pagina’s
...of the schoolmen, " Quaestionum minutiis scientiarum frangunt soliditatem." For were it not better for a man in a fair room, to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner ? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pagina’s
...frangunt soliilitatem " (minute disputations destroy the solidity of science). For were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner ? And such is their method, that rests not so much upon evidence of... | |
 | 1840 - 534 pagina’s
...supporting the other, is as the strength of the old man's fagot in the band ; for were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light,...candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch-, candle into every corner? — LORD BACON. THEY are happy who have not taken up their rest in... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pagina’s
...bars of iron. He who cannot dilate the sight of his mind, should consider whether it is not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light...about with a small watchcandle into every corner. R. Life, p. xxii. His tract upon Universal Justice was published in 1623, in the treatise De Augmentis... | |
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