 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 humor of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like...  The London University Calendar - Σελίδα 206των London univ - 1846Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 σελίδες
...expert men can execute, and per1 "Ask what is exorbitant, that you may obtain what is moderate." haps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 722 σελίδες
...but the general ' counsels, and the plots and marshalling of atiairs, come bed from those that arc learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth...; to make" judgment wholly by their rules, is the hnmonr of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities... | |
 | 1885 - 544 σελίδες
...whom he reviled were among the mildest and most compassionate of their race. GEORGE BANCROFT. STUDIES. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament and for ability....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... | |
 | Joshua Girling Fitch (Sir).) - 1885 - 438 σελίδες
...well-known pasExamples, r T> sage from Bacon: Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring;...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... | |
 | Sir Joshua Girling Fitch - 1886 - 408 σελίδες
...pasExamples. / _, ' sage from Bacon: Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring;...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... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 σελίδες
...for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of, particulars, one by one; but the general councils, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best...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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 σελίδες
...general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those tha.t are learned. 2. 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. They perfect nature, 10 and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities... | |
 | 1909 - 378 σελίδες
...contrivers of suits ; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings. L OF STUDIES STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....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... | |
 | Donald Nivison Ferguson - 1969 - 317 σελίδες
...I quote these pregnant sentences, italicizing a few phrases to make their point prick more sharply: "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. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1970 - 712 σελίδες
...privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and dispositon of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...They perfect nature and are perfected by experience." They perfect nature, for they provide an atmosphere m which natural gifts grow and expand. They are... | |
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