 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. It was the opinion of Bacon, that knowledge was the same as power. His own life unfortunately showed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 pages
...not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his scythe. VFhereas with the learned man it fares otherwise, that he doth...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. It was the opinion of Bacon, that knowledge was the same as power. His own life unfortunately showed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 350 pages
...an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it feres otherwise, that he doth ever intermix the correction...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. It was the opinion of Bacon, that knowledge was the same as power. His own life unfortunately showed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas, with the learned man it fares otherwise,...general and in sum, certain it is, that veritas and bmiilas differ but as the seal and the print: for truth prints goodness; and they be the clouds of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas, with the learned man it fares otherwise,...thereof^ Nay, farther, in general and in sum, certain l^s, that veritas and banitas differ but as the seal and the print : for truth prints goodness ; and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain it is that s Yesterday I saw the fragile bruken, to-day 1 saw... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...and colour them, not much to amend them, like an ill mower that mows on still, and never whets his scythe ; whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...employment thereof. Nay farther, in general and in some, certain it is that truth and goodness differ, but as the seal and the print, for truth prints... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his A happy soul, that all the way To heaven, hath a...Bathes him in a genuine flood I FROM 1558 n isa Л m [Books and Shipt Compared.] If the invention of the ship was thought eo noble, which carrieth riches... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay, further, in general and in sum, certain it is that " veritas"J and "bonitas"§ differ but as the seal... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...colour them, but not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his [Hooka and Skips Compared.]^ If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carricth riches... | |
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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... 
