And that learning should take up too much time or leisure ; I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can be, hath (no question) many vacant times of leisure, while he expecteth the tides and returns of business (except he be either tedious... Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Page 112by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1877 - 790 pages
...say what they have to say in plain terms, how much more eloquent they would be. — Coleridge. 13. The most active or busy man that hath been, or can...and returns of business, except he be either tedious or of no dispatch, or lightly and unworthily ambitious to meddle with things that may be better done... | |
| Desiderius Erasmus - 1877 - 554 pages
...Bacon most pertinently observes " That learning should take up too much time or leisure : I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...leisure, while he expecteth the tides and returns of busjness (except he be either tedious and of no dispatch, or lightly and unworthily ambitious to meddle... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 460 pages
...any such point in bis nature. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure, I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...while he expecteth the tides and returns of business, and then the question is but how those spaces and times of leisure shall be filled and spent, whether... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pages
...any such point in his nature. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure, I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...(no question) many vacant times of leisure, while he expectcth the tides and returns of business, and then the question is but how those spaces and times... | |
| 1888 - 398 pages
...leisure when when the idle man finds none. George Herbert said, "he hath no leisure who useth it not." "The most active or busy man that hath been or can be" says Bacon, '•hath no question, many vacant times of leisure, while he expecteth the tides and returns... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...any such point in his nature. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure; I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...meddle in things that may be better done by others ;) a?d then the question is but how those spaces and times of leisure shall be filled and spent ; whether... | |
| 1892 - 622 pages
...regular plodding does almost invariably lead to a certain success in life. But as Lord Bacon says : " The most active or busy man that hath been, or can...times of leisure, while he expecteth the tides and the returns of business (except he be either tedious and of no dispatch, or lightly and unworthily... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1898 - 170 pages
...any such point in his nature. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure : I answer ; the most active or busy man that hath been or can...of business (except he be either tedious and of no despatch, or lightly and unworthily ambitious to meddle in things that may be better done by others... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 pages
...any such point in his nature. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure ; I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...he be either tedious and of no dispatch, or lightly unworthily ambitious to meddle in things that may be J> better done by others ;) and then the question... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1904 - 216 pages
...turbido esse quicquid in luce est. And that learning should take up too much time or leisure : I answer, the most active or busy man that hath been or can...leisure, while he expecteth the tides and returns 5 of business (except he be either tedious and of no dispatch, or lightly and unworthily ambitious... | |
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