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" The good parts he hath he will learn to show to the full, and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them : the faults he hath he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 61
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three ..., Volume 1

Henry Coppée - 1900 - 544 pages
...faults he hath he will learn how to hide and color them, but not much to amend them, like an illmower that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas,...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. FRANCIS BACON. LIFE. I " IFE, I know not what thou art, J— ^ But know that thou and I must part ;...
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The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose ..., Volume 5

Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 348 pages
...full, and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them ; the faults he hath, he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them:...his mind with the use and employment thereof. | Nay, further, in gen- (LVH) eral and in sum, certain it is that Verilas and Bonitas differ but as the seal...
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Miscellanies of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
...full, and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them; the faults he hath, he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay, further, in general and in sum, certain it is that Veritas and Bonitas differ but as the seal and print;...
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The Advancement of Learning, Book I, Book 1

Francis Bacon - 1904 - 216 pages
...but not much to increase them; the faults he hath, he will learn how to hide and color them, but 10 not much to amend them, — like an ill mower, that...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in 15 sum, certain it is that truth 3 and goodness 4 differ but as the seal...
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The Advancement of Learning, Book I, Book 1

Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...but not much to increase them ; the faults he hath, he will learn how to hide and color them, but 10 not much to amend them, — like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whete his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise, that he doth ever intermix the correction...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon

1905 - 958 pages
...full and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them : the faults he hath he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain it is that veritas and bonitas differ but as the seal and the...
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English Authors: A Handbook of English Literature from Chaucer to Living Writers

Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...dexterously, but not much to increase them; the fanlts he hath, he will learn how to hide and color them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower,...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. PLEASURE OF KNOWLEDGE. The pleasuie and delight of knowledge and learning far surpasseth all other...
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Books and Ideals: An Anthology

Edmund Kemper Broadus - 1921 - 228 pages
...full, and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them. The faults he hath he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain it is that Veritas and Bonitas differ but as the seal and the...
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Selected Philosophical Works

Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent - 1999 - 340 pages
...them dexterously, but not much to increase them. The faults he has he will learn how to hide and color them, but not much to amend them, like an ill mower...Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise, that he does ever intermix the corrections and amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pages
...leam how to hide and colour0 them, but not much to amend them; like an ill0 mower, that mows on still0 and never whets his scythe: whereas with the learned...otherwise, that he doth ever intermix the correction and amendment0 of his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain...
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