 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...for ornament, is in discourse 4 ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.5 For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,...learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ß ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation 7 ; to make judgment wholly by their rules,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...for ornament, is in discourse 4 ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.5 For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,...learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth 6 ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation 7 ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plot* and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that...much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...yet, if it be not in a good cause, it is so much out of his reputation. There are no worse instrument* than these general contrivers of suits; for they are...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... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...of a bullet in the air, which flieth so swift as it outruns the eye. 3. OP STUDIES.1 (" ESSAYS," L.) Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....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,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...snch as strengthen the judgment and qualify men for affairs of life and business. For expert men may execute and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one...learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; 10 use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; and to judge wholly by their rules, is the humor... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs como best from those that are learned. To spend too much...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...he doth ever intermix the correction and amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament,...much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience—for... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...of a bullet in the air, which flieth so swift as it outruns the eye. 3. OF STUDIES.1 (" ESSAYS," L.) Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....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,... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 424 pages
...delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privatenoss and retiringj for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is...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... | |
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STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps... 
