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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding - Page 183
by John Locke - 1849 - 132 pages
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...general_counsels, and the plots and marshalling of afl".iirs_cpme_best from those, that_are learned. To_spend ure, mate judgment wn°J3yjby their rules, is the Jhumdur of a scholar ¡they perfect nature, and _are perfected...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those Lhnt are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is eloth ; , to have led an irregular life, in the midst of severe poverty. A volume of Merry 's the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, ami are perfected by experience — for natural abilities...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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. r/To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ;...
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Papers for the schoolmaster, Volumes 1-6

582 pages
...one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

1851 - 278 pages
...can execute, and ; perhaps 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 spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ;...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 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. To spend loo much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment...
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The popular educator, Volume 4; Volume 7

Popular educator - 1852 - 1272 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...the humour of a scholar; they perfect nature, and arc perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural - abilities...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 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...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities...
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