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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 20
by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 472 pages
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of par(36) ticulars,...
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. 2. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned....
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The London University Calendar

London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament is in discourse ; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,...
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The Journal of Health and Disease, Volume 1

1846 - 838 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in judgment and disposition for business. " Read, not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...serve' for delight', for ornament', and for ability'. Their chief use for delight', is in privateness' and retiring' ; for ornament', is in discourse'; and for ability', is in the judgment' and disposition' of business'. For expert' men can execute', and perhaps judge' of particulars,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, Í3 in the judgment nnd disposition of business ; ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affair*, come best from those that nre...
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The Fourth Reader: Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking. Designed for the ...

Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pages
...privacy; for ornament, in discourse ; and for ability, in the arrangement and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but general councils, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from the learned. '; 2....
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The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 1

1848 - 398 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and dispositions of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is for privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of, particulars...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privatenesi thejudgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,...
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