 ... 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 the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores....  Literary and professional works - Page 254by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores." " If he be not apt to beat over '2 matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 5. Arguments, subjects. Milton calls the sub|ect of his Paradise Lost a " great argument." 6. Present,... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; 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. Jeremy Taylor: 1613-1667. Prayer. — From ' Golden Grove Sermons' Prayer is an action of likeness... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...study the disputations of 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. LESSON XXV. THE TWO WEAVERS. HANNAH MORE. [This excellent and accomplished person, who was born in... | |
 | 1870 - 636 pages
...schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores, (splitters of hairs.) If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt." Without dwelling longer upon the subjects of study, let me impress upon you the importance of thoroughness.... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...schoolmen, for they are "cymini sectores ; "i 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. 1 Girt * Attentively. i Should. ' What. : "Minners are influenced by studies." i Hindcrance. 'Worked.... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 pages
...study the disputations of 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. » LESSON XXV. THE TWO WEAVERS. K AH MOBE. [This excellent and accomplished person, who was born in... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...the schoolmen, for they are hairsplitters; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases—so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. JOHN MILTON: 1608—1674. From " Areopagitica... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...before, in the 40th Essay. men,1 for they are Cymini sectores; 2 if he be not apt to beat over matters,3 and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases : So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. LI. OF FACTION. Many have... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 pages
...are " Cymini sectores." If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prave and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers'...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt, t or XARRIAOG AND SINGLE LITE (1612 ; Blightly enlarged 162.1)). He that hath wife and children hath... | |
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