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by Francis Bacon - 1850
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...OTUDIES serve for delight , for ornament , and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...execute , and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; bui the general counsels , and the plots , and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - 1801 - 462 pages
...varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and " judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general...affairs, " come best from those that are learned." INDEED, in almost every art, even as used by mere practitioners, there are certain rules, as hath been...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...and retiring ; for ornament , is in discourse ; and for ability , is in the judgment and ilisposition of business. For expert men can execute , and perhaps...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 ; to...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, asd for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for...judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels,,and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privacy and retirement ; for ornament, is in discourse, and for ability, is...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 ; to...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight, is in privateness. and retirement ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability is...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; to make...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...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; to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...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 ;...
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ..., Volume 3

1817 - 678 pages
...render future editions lees open to VouIÏI. 3N 450 critical remarks. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one...of affairs, come best from those that are learned." We are informed by the author of i the work before us. " that he has avoided treating of those subjects...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...in privatenes? and retirement; for ornament ,is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement, and disposition of business : For expert men can .execute,...particulars, one by .one ; but the general counsels, and plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. 2. To spend too much time...
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