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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ... - Page 110
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Learned. To fpend too much time in Studies is floth i to ufe them too much for Ornament is affectation j 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 Proyning...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...learned. To fpend too much time in ftudies is ftoth ; to ufe thorn too much for ornament is afleftation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a fcholar. They perfeft nature, and are perfefted by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...particulars one by one ; bui the general counsels , and the plots , and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth1, to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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...wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They parfect nature , and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants ,...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...particulars, one by one ; but the generall counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affaires, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholler. They perfect nature, and are perfected...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...particulars, one by one ; but the generall counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affaires, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholler. They perfect nature, and are perfected...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...most blamed for. Locke. j. A pedant ; a man of books. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and ire perfected by experience. Bacon. 4. One who has a lettered education. My cousin William is becom-...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...To fpencfr too much time in ftudies is floth ; to ufe them too ranch for ornament is affeftation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a fcholar. They perfeft nature, and are perfefted by experience; for natural abilities are like natural...
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and sciences, Volume 20

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 758 pages
...blamed for. Locke. 3. A pedant ; a man of books. — To fpend too much time in ftudiea, is floth ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a fcholar. Bacon. 4. One who has a lettered education. — My coufin William is become a good/r/jolar....
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...one ; but the general counsels,,and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholJar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural...
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