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The Essays: Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon ... Ed., with an ... - Page 240
by Francis Bacon - 1900 - 275 pages
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English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises ...

George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - 1850 - 380 pages
...pierce the array Of past events WORDSWORTH. ' Sonnets to Liberty.'] Exercise. " men can execute, and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affaire come best from those that are learned." * " To him Nestor thus rejoined, O friend, what sorrows...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...contrivers of suits; for thev are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings. L. OF STUDIES. etimes to entertain their minds with variety and i'or delight, is in privateness and retiring ; Tor. ornainentjTs and for ability, is in t of business...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...advantageously dispkys his fullness and richness of thought and of style than this on the use of study. " Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

1851 - 278 pages
...vegetaI bles, at the meals. ON STUDY. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring...judge of particulars ; one by one ; but the general i counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. I To...
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Horæ vacivæ, a thought-book of the wise spirits of all ages and all ...

Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...retiring ; for ornament is in difcourfe, and for ability is in the judgment and difpofition of bufinefs. For expert men can execute and, perhaps, judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counfels and the plots and marmalling of affairs come beft from thofe that are learned. Read not to...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...; for Ornament, is in Difcourfe ; and for Ability, is in the Judgement and Difpofition of Bufinefs. For expert Men can execute, and perhaps judge of Particulars, one by one ; but the general Counfels, and the Plots, and marfl1alling of Affairs, come beft from thofe that are learned. To fpend...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed for a Text Book and Private ...

Hubbard Winslow - 1853 - 432 pages
...the gulf between the learned and the uneducated. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned." RELATION OF ABSTRACTION TO RELIGION....
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." — STEWART'S 'Elements of the...
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The popular educator, Volumes 5-6; Volume 8

Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...use for delight, is in prirateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, a in the judgment and disposition of business : for...execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; bat the general counsels, and the plots and marshaffing of affairs, come best from those that are...
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The popular educator, Volume 4; Volume 7

Popular educator - 1852 - 1272 pages
...30 17 Kill Bogphonu, Cape Anatoli I/ • 1 * 41 11 41 13 29 38 29 10 THE f hrafnr. VOLUME THE FIFTH STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privatencss and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and...
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