 | William Upcott - 1818 - 740 pages
...the use and service of mankind." ",..... We give this advice, touching experiments of this nature, that no man be discouraged or confounded if the experiments...what succeeds not many times informs no less." Lord BACOX. YORK : Printed for the Author by Thomas Wilson and Son, High Ousegate : and sold by J. Mawman,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...discoveries of great moment have been made. And as an eminent philosopher* has well remarked, " \V hat succeeds, pleaseth more, but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." And in the worst position, the mind is improved, sharpened, expanded, brightened and strengthened by... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...collateral discoveries of great moment have been made. And as an eminent philosopher has well remarked, 'What succeeds pleaseth more, but what succeeds not, many times informs no less.' And in the worst position, the mind is improved, sharpened, expanded, brightened, and strengthened,... | |
 | Mary Strickland, Jane Margaret Strickland - Inventions - 1843 - 424 pages
...sight of Lord Bacon's consolatory reflection, "that no man ought to be discouraged if the experiments he puts in practice answer not his expectation, for...but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." Owing to the negligence of the workmen, in removing the centres before the work was dry, and an error... | |
 | Mary Cartwright Strickland - Inventors - 1843 - 396 pages
...sight of Lord Bacon's consolatory reflection, " that no man ought to be discouraged if the experiments he puts in practice answer not his expectation, for...but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." Owing to the negligence of the workmen, in removing the centres before the work was dry, and an error... | |
 | Edmund Cartwright - Inventors, English - 1843 - 400 pages
...sight of Lord Bacon's consolatory reflection, "that no man ought to be discouraged if the experiments he puts in practice answer not his expectation, for...but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." Owing to the negligence of the workmen, in removing the centres before the work was dry, and an error... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 446 pages
...collateral discoveries of great moment have been made. And as an eminent philosopherf has well remarked, " What succeeds pleaseth more, but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." And in the worst position, the mind is improved, sharpened, expanded, brightened, and strengthened,... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 460 pages
...collateral discoveries of great moment have been made. And as an eminent philosopher1 has well remarked, " What succeeds, pleaseth more, but what succeeds not, many times informs no less." And in the worst position the mind is improved, sharpened, expanded, brightened, and strengthened by... | |
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... was used as a dining-room. An untoward circumstance occurred in the outset of this experiment, that would have discouraged most men from proceeding further; but Mr. Cartwright never seemed to lose sight of Lord Bacon's consolatory reflection, "that... 