 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 σελίδες
...them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower,that mows on still and never whets his scvthe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise, that...general and in sum, certain it is, that veritas and bunitus differ but as the seal and the print : for truth prints goodness ; and tlhey be the clouds... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mo wer,that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...farther, in general and in sum, certain it is, that vciitas and bonitas differ but as the seal and the print: for truth prints goodness; and they bo the... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...his mind, with the use and employment thereof. Nay, further, in general and in sum, certain it is, that veritas and bonitas differ but as the seal and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them: like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain it is that " veritas" and " bonitas" differ but as the seal... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 σελίδες
...mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise, thal4i(3 doth ever intermix the correction and amendment of...general and in sum, certain it is that " veritas" (truth) and " bonitas" (goodness) differ but as the seal and the print : for truth prints goodness... | |
 | 1829 - 592 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...in general and in sum, certain it is that "veritas" (truth) and"" bonitas' (goodness) differ but as the seal and the print : for truth prints goodness... | |
 | Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe ; whereas, with the learned man it fares otherwise,...of his mind, with the use and employment thereof." Perhaps it may be said, that these are truths that are now never disputed ; — I believe learning... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them : like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...his mind with the use and employment thereof. Nay further, in general and in sum, certain it is that " veritas" and " bonitas" differ but as the seal... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...of his mind with the use and employment thereof." From the glories of the sage, it is our painful duty to revert to the infamy of the courtier. In his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 σελίδες
...colour them, but not much to amend them; like an ill mower, that mows on still and never whets his scythe. Whereas with the learned man it fares otherwise,...amendment of his mind with the use and employment thereof. It was the opinion of Bacon, that knowledge was the same as power. His own life unfortunately showed... | |
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The good parts he hath he will learn to show to the full, and use them dexterously, but not much to increase them. The faults he hath he will learn how to hide and colour them, but not much to amend them ; like an ill mower, that mows on still, and never... 
