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" ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. "
The Pleasures of Life ... - Page 182
by Sir John Lubbock - 1890
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. edfield and Lindsay : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use...much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment only by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...time in studies', is sloth' ;b to use them too much for ornament'," is affectation'; to form one's judgment wholly by their rules', is the humour^ of...perfect nature', and are perfected by experience': for natural abilities' . . are like natural plants', and need pruning by study'; and studies themselves...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are...
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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
...the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling 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 aflectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature,...
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A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation: Designed for Letter Writers, Authors ...

John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use...They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that arc learned. To spend too much time in Studien, re, Sweet queen of parly, daughter of the sphere *...grace to all heaven's harmonies. Knter Сои из. — for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

1855 - 602 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come but from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are...
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Report to the Trustees of the Dick Bequest for the Benefit of the ..., Volume 2

1844 - 456 pages
...learned. To spend too mnch time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too mnch for ornament, is affeetation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfeet nature, and are perfeeted by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that...
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...the general counsels, and plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. 3. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. 5. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for...
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