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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding - Page 183
by John Locke - 1849 - 132 pages
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An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Words Derived from the Latin ...

Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pages
...agility. " Expert men can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." Bacon. Ex-piate, expio, (pins, pious,) I make satisfaction for sin by some pious act. Both atone and...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those tlrat are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature,...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots- and marshalling of affairs come best from those...to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; t» make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

1829 - 430 pages
...impossible for us to attain this enviable situation without study: but it should be remembered, that " to spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use...ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rule, is the humour of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 19

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...or find differences, let him study the schoolmen. Id. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour...they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience. Id. Sir Francis Bacon was wont to say, that those who left useful studies for useless schntastich speculations,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 19

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...or find differences, let him study the schoolmen. Id. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a sckolar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience. Id. Sir Francis Racon was wont to say,...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

1830 - 288 pages
...men can execute, and, perhaps, judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs , come best from...much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment 2 wholly by their rules is the humour 3 of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience;...
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The Christian's Penny Magazine, Issues 1-82

1832 - 670 pages
...men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the ploU and marshalling of affairs come best from those that...ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly bv their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience :...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. 2. To spend too much tinie in studies, is sloth; to use them too much, for ornament, is affectation;...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
..., one by one'; but general councils', and the plots and marshaling of affairs' , come best from the learned'.* To spend too much time in studies', is sloth*;* to use them too much for ornament',0 is affectation'; to form one's judgment wholly by their rules', is the humour'i of a scholar'....
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