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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ... - Page 139
by John J. Harrod - 1832 - 324 pages
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 2

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1824 - 470 pages
...mathematically true? I conclude with the words of Lord Bacon — " Expert men," says he, "can execute and judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." J. У. RULES FOR FORMING, COMPUT...
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Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Enigneering, Agricultural ..., Volume 2

Industrial arts - 1824 - 512 pages
...mathematically true? I conclude with the words of Lord Bacon — "Expert men," says he, " can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." JY RULES FOR FORMING, COMPUTING,...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 2

Industrial arts - 1824 - 726 pages
...mathematically true? I conclude with the words of Lord Bacon — "Expert men," says he, " can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." JY RULES FOR FORMING, COMPUTING,...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...ntimine omnia regi gubcrnarique pertpeximus, mines gentes nationesque stiperavimus. L. OP STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability...of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...contrivers of suits ; for they are but £ kind of poison and infection to public proceedings. L. OF STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to...
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An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Words Derived from the Latin ...

Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...corporeal talent, it is a species of dexterity arising from natural agility. " Expert men can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general...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 Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...contrivers of suits; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings. L. OF STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; forornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...IX. ON STUDY. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, aud for ability. The chief use for deliglrt is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is...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...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...understanding, and the richest treasures of mere speculative knowledge. LESSON VI. Studies. — LORD BACON. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; t»...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by* one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." SECTION VIII. Continuation of the...
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