 | Peter Bullions - 1849 - 250 pages
...992. RULE 3. — In compound sentences, the clauses or members are usually separated by commas ; as, " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them.'' But when the clauses are short, or closely connected, the comma is not used , as, " Revelation tells... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...; for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...ami are perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning , Seated in hearing of a hundred streams, That, for...fold into their nests, In oblique turnings wind the и ¡se men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; butthat is a wisdom without them, and above... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, 15 simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...give forth directions too much at^Jarge, except they be bounded in by experience, r Crafty men condemn studies: simple men admire them ; and wise men use...: for they teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. - Read not to contradict and confute ; nor... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 pages
...the following may be cited as a proof of his perfection in this great attribute of composition:— " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them,...wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 pages
...Letter of his old age. We will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus: "Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them...wise men use them; for they teach not their own use: that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1850 - 238 pages
...commas ; as, " When the graces of novelty are worn off, admiration is succeeded hy indifference." ,' Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them." But when the memhers are closely connected, the comma is unnecessary ; as, " Revelation tells us how... | |
 | John White - 1850 - 192 pages
...Advice should be, seasonably, administered. The best men, often, experience disappointments. RULE III. Crafty men contemn studies simple men admire them and wise men use them. Peace of mind being secured we may smile at misfortune. Charity suffereth long and is kind. The temperate... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions...; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read, not to contradict and confute, nor to... | |
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Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. 
