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" 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 the schoolmen; for they are cymini... "
The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ... - Page 80
by Robert Demaus - 1860 - 552 pages
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Masterpieces in English Literature, and Lessons in the English Language ...

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 pages
...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. " Abeunt studia in mores: " nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by...riding, for the head, and the like. So, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...' Abeunt studia in mores"—nay, there is no stond' or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought 4 out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may...is good for the stone and reins,' shooting for the lunga and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's...
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studio, in mores"2 9 —nay, there is no stond 3 °or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out...of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling 3 ' is good for the stone and reins, shooting 32 for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach,...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 3

1909 - 378 pages
...contend. Abeunt studio, in mores [Studies pass into and influence manners]. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by...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....
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Introduction to Early Modern English

Manfred Görlach - 1991 - 492 pages
...deepe; Morall Graue; Logick and Rhetorick Able to Contend. Abeunt studia in Mores. Nay there is no Stond or Impediment in the Wit, but may be wrought out by Fit Studies: Like as Diseases 65 of the Body, may haue Appropriate Exercises. Bowling is good for the Stone and Reines; Shooting...
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The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Adrian Johns - 2009 - 779 pages
...warranted. Francis Bacon himself had said that there was no "impediment in the wit" that could not be "wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises." "So if a man's wit be wandering," he had advised, "let him study the mathematics." 8 Such advice was...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...10 consultation n consult 12 quick, alert mind Bowling1 is good for the stone and reins;* shooting2 for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach;...So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations,3 if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again....
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Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and ...

C.C. Gaither - 2019 - 522 pages
...human body can contain so much matter. Dictionary of Accepted Ideas 88 DISEASE Bacon, Francis . . . diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and veins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 pages
...13c. 24 38 Abeunt] Ab-\eunt 12b;Ab eunt 13a; there is no Stond or Impediment in the Wit, but may be 40 wrought out by Fit Studies: Like as Diseases of the...Appropriate Exercises. Bowling is good for the Stone and Reines; Shooting for the Lungs and Breast; Gentle Walking for the Stomacke; Riding for the Head; And...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pages
...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling0 is good for the stone and reins;0 shooting0 for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach;...riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering,0 let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations,0 if his wit be called away0 never...
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