 | Francis Bacon - 1920 - 96 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1928 - 500 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... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 786 pages
...compared to by Alexander the Great in this story 1 And what are they here compared to by the author 1 4. " Like an ill mower that mows on still and never whets his scythe." What is the scythe compared to, and what is the whetting of it compared to 1 5. " Truth and goodness... | |
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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... 
