 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pagina’s
...pruning by duty . and studies themselves do give forth directions too much THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. i33 much at large, except they be bounded in by experience....Read not to contradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pagina’s
...natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves give directions too much at large, except they be bounded...wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pagina’s
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pagina’s
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...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,...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pagina’s
...execute, and perhaps judge 6f particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling- of affairs, come best from those that...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pagina’s
...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;...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for grant, ed ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pagina’s
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too...admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wis•:;. dom without them, anB- above them, won by observation.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pagina’s
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
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To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too 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: for natural abilities are like natural... 
