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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ... - Page 7
edited by - 1903 - 415 pages
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...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: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 598 pages
...ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience:...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 2

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 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, Volume 2

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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Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Enigneering, Agricultural ..., Volume 2

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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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; forornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience:...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...ability Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
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An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Words Derived from the Latin ...

Richard Harrison Black - 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 Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...ability. The chief use for deliglrt is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...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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