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" ... for expert men can 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 learned. "
The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ... - Page 132
by English instructor - 1801 - 258 pages
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend toe much time in studies is sloth; to use them- too much for ornament is affectation;...natural abilities are like natural plants,. that need pmning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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, is affectation;...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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., is- affectation...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...time in studies is *loth ; toure • them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make , judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar They...experience for natural abilities are like natural plants which need pruning by study ; and studies themselves give. forth. directions too much at large, except...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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, is affectation...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by Study ; and Studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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, is affectation...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by Study; and Studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...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 is affectation ;...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them,...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...that are learned. To spend too much time in ••• .'.' •• ' •<••' studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...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, is affectation...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...much time in stndies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make jndgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by stndy; and stndies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in...
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