| Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 σελίδες
...Browne's Wks., ii, 104. — A hindrance to a knowledge of the truth : Hobbes' Wks., vii, 222. — " Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket,...proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman." Ld. Chesterfield's Let's, Feb. 22, 1748. 640. LECTURING.— Excellent hints on: Farraday's Life, 64,... | |
| Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 σελίδες
...Browne's Wks., ii, 104. — A hindrance to a knowledge of the truth : Hobbes' Wks., vii, 222. — " Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket,...strike it, merely to show that you have one. If you arc asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman."... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1876 - 636 σελίδες
...unlarded with •..!,>• other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people yon ara with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private...out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. It* you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it; bat do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the... | |
| James Kernan - 1877 - 130 σελίδες
...too much familiarity, genteel without affectation, and insinuating without any seeming art or design. How "to wear" Learning. Wear your learning like your...proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. Method and Manner. The manner of doing things is often more important than the things themselves ;... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 σελίδες
...come to know and obey God has no intention to make the law of God his rule. CIIARNOCK : Attributes. elves as LORD CHESTKRFIKI.D : Letters to his Son, Feb. 22, 1748. Learning maketh young men temperate, is the... | |
| Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 σελίδες
...Learning, Wisdom which is life indeed : Learn and use, that end discerning, Thou dost live a hero's creed. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private...strike it, merely to show that you have one. If you 88 ( 505 ) are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the... | |
| O Eslie- Nelham - 1883 - 358 σελίδες
...have so good an opinion of him as I had before." "Well, let's have it," said Urban. " All right. ' Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private...o'clock it is, tell it ; but do not proclaim it hourly like the watchman.' " " Ah ! very fine. I don't myself see that it has any reference in particular... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 σελίδες
...give us no shade when we grow old. 2940 Chesterfield : Letters, Sentences, and Maxims. Dec. 11, 1747. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private...proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. 2941 Lord Chesterfield : Letters to His Son. Bath, Feb. 22, 1748. When you know a thing, to hold that... | |
| 1890 - 526 σελίδες
...health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a clear conscience. — Izaak Walton. Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket;...out and strike it, merely to show that you have one. — Chesterfield. "Do you dictate to a stenographer?" "No, I used to, but I do not now." "Why not?... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 302 σελίδες
...purely, and unlarded with any other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private...proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. Letters to his Son, i. 322. I have always observed that the most learned people, that is, those who... | |
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