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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 183
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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Time and temper: a manual of selections from holy Scripture and extr. from ...

Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...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...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...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...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...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...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give actions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience....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,...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

1855 - 602 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants — they need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...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,...
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A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation: Designed for Letter Writers, Authors ...

John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men atiirire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...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...
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The London University Calendar

London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men comtemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ;...
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