 | John Wilkins - 1710 - 514 pages
...beating out new untravel'dWays,fometimes repairing thofe that had been beaten already : No Subjeft he handled, but I dare fay is the better for him ;...Knowledge. And this he promoted with much Zeal and Sincerity, in hope of the great Benefit that may accrue to Mankind. It was his Aim, as in all things,... | |
 | John Wilkins - 1722 - 420 pages
...in whatsoever Argument he undertook ; feme* i fbmetimes beating out new untravelled Ways, fbmetimes repairing thofe that had been beaten already : No...but I dare fay is the better for him ; and will be the:eafier for them that come after him. • "*'« "' : ' • • If in thefehe went fomethnebefideshis... | |
 | 1889 - 240 pages
...whatever argument he undertook ; sometimes beating out new untravell'd ways, sometimes repairing those that had been beaten already : no subject he handled but I dare say is the better for him ; and will be the easier for them that come after him. If in these he went... | |
 | George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman - 1889 - 280 pages
...whatever argument he undertook ; sometimes beating out new untravell'd ways, sometimes repairing those that had been beaten already : no subject he handled but I dare say is the better for him ; and will be the easier for them that come after him. If in these he went... | |
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... men, as it did him, to be in love with it. In his writings he was judicious and plain, like one that valued not the circumstances so much as the substance : and he shewed it... 