 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...schoolmen, for they are ' Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. DRY STYLE, A MINUTE PHILOSOPHER.— BERKLEY. Whether the principles of Christians or infidels are truest,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and reins,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. [Julius Cffisar. From a Roman Coin.] LI.— OF FACTION. MANY have an opinion not wise, that for a prince... | |
 | 1848 - 398 pages
...schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ; " if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. — Lord Bacon. MENTAL INERTIA. The laws and properties of matter and of mind are in some respects... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be...lawyers' cases: so every defect of the mind may have special receipt. This is to be exactly observed, that not only exceeding great progression may be made... | |
 | 1855 - 396 pages
...differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. BACON. INVOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES OF LANGUAGE. THERE have been always those who have sought to make light... | |
 | Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland - 1887 - 1134 pages
...find out differences, let him study the schoolmen. If he be apt to beat over matters and call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...lawyers' cases. So every defect of the mind may have a proper receipt." When Abraham Lincoln was studying law he found that he was deficient in the power... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 1 Vapid : without taste or spirit. 2 " Studies become habits." 8 " Splitters of cummin-seeds ;" or,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...schoolmen, for they are 'cymini sectores;'7 if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. ANTITHETA ON STUDIES. Puo. C0NTEA. ' Lectio est eonversatio cum pruden- 'Quse unqmnu ars docuit tempestitibus... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...schoolmen, for they are 'cymini sectores;'7 if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. ANTITHETA ON STUDIES. PEG. CONTEA. ' Lectio est conversatio cum pruden- ' Quse unquam ars docuit tempestitibus... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, [splitters of hairs.] If he be not apt to beat over matters 8, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Ll. OF FACTION. MANY have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate, or for a great... | |
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... for the head, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study... 
