| Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make , judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience for natural abilities are like natural plants which need pruning by study ; and studies themselves give. forth.... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time"in Studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament,...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...judge of particulars one by one ; but the genera^ counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. — They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...judge 6f particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling- of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are... | |
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studifj, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar.— They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience } for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...jndge of particulars, one -by one r but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in stndies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make jndgment wholly by... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spund too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities... | |
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