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" To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to 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... "
Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist - Page 327
by Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 382 pages
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...pruning by duty . and studies themselves do give forth directions too much THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. i33 much at large, except they be bounded in by experience....Read not to contradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves give directions too much at large, except they be bounded...wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one : but the general counsels-, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

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,...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...execute, and perhaps judge 6f particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling- of affairs, come best from those that...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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;...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for grant, ed ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too...admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wis•:;. dom without them, anB- above them, won by observation....
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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