 ... with one sort of men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sort of notions: the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little Goshen, in the intellectual world, •where light shines, and as they conclude,...  The Conduct of the Understanding - Page 9by John Locke - 1802 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - Self-culture - 1851 - 496 pages
...world where light shines, and as they conclude, day blesses them, but the rest of that vast expanse they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They have a petty traffic with known correspondents in some little creek; within that they confine themselves,... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansium they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it.' And hence their false conclusion«, and the violence and fanaticism with which they maintain them ;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...Goshen in the intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. 9. They have a petty traffic with known correspondents in some little creek ; within that they confine... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Enthusiasm - 1857 - 552 pages
...garden in the intellectual world, where light shines, and as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night...darkness, and so avoid coming near it." " They have a petty traffic with known correspondents in some little creek, within which they confine themselves,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...Goshen in the intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night...darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They have a petty traffic with known correspondents in some little creek ; within that they confine themselves,... | |
 | Robert Morris - Conduct of life - 1858 - 534 pages
...intellectual world, where light shines, and as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of the vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it." It often happens that there is the broadest contrast in the personal appearance of an individual and... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them : but the rest of the vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They confine them<& 91 A BOOK OF THOUGHTS. selves to some little creek, not venturing out into the great... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them : but the rest of the vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They confine themselves to some little creek, not venturing out into the great ocean of knowledge to survey... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them : but the rest of the vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They confine themselves to some little creek, not venturing out into the great ocean of knowledge to survey... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 596 pages
...conclude, day blesses them ; but the rent of that vast expanse they give up to night and darkness, artd so avoid coming near it. They have a pretty traffic...little creek : within that they confine themselves and ftre dexterous managers enough of the wares and products of that corner, but will not venture out into... | |
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