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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 - 1893 - 286 pages
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studifj, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation;...They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 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...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in stndies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make jndgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spund too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too...they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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 them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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...they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 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...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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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...general counsels, and the 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 affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature,...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 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 them too much for ornament, is affectation ; t» make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are...
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