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" But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished... "
The Retrospective Review - Page 148
1821
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An Historical Syntax of the English Language, Volume 3, Issue 1

Frederik Theodor Visser - 1969 - 740 pages
...beauties keepe which never sunne can burne Nor stormes do turne! (OED). Knit. 1605 Bacon, Adv. Learn. 39, young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature (OED). Let. 1884 Law Rep. 27, Ch. Div. 51, A large number of chambers now letting at many thousands...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pages
...it seems, to consist : but the Novum Organum is not thus treated. To system Bacon was not attached : cess of time breeds a public poverty. On the other side, the commodities of farther stature, so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when...
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An Historical Syntax of the English Language, Volume 3

Visser, Fredericus Theodorus - 1963 - 744 pages
...beauties keepe which never sunne can burne Nor stormes do turne! (OED). Knit. 1605 Bacon, Adv. Learn. 39, young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature (OED). Let. 1884 Law Rep. 27, Ch. Div. 51, A large number of chambers now letting at many thousands...
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Greek and Latin Compositions

Shilleto Richard - 2019 - 464 pages
...knowledge into arts and methods, from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a farther stature, so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when...
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