 There be three parts of business, the preparation ; the debate, or examination ; and the perfection; whereof, if you look for despatch, let the middle only be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few.  The Transaction of Business - Page 148by Sir Arthur Helps - 1907 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 556 pages
...unreafonable Motion is but Beating the Air, and mifpending Time. There are three Parts of Bufmefs: The PREPARATION; the DEBATE or EXAMINATION; and the PERFECTION. Whereof (if you look for Expedition) let the Middlemoft be the Work of Many; but the Firft and the Lafl the Work of Few. To... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...much, will never come out of it clearly. To choose time, is to save time ; and an unseasonable motion, is but beating the air. There be three parts of business...Dispatch, let the middle only be the work of many, aud the first and last the work of few. The proceeding upon somewhat conceived in writing, doth for... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...much, will never come out of it clearly. To choose time, is to save time; and an unseasonable motion, is but beating the air. There be three parts of business;...Dispatch, let the middle only be the work of many, aud the first and last the work of few. The proceeding upon somewhat conceived in writing, doth for... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...business, as money is of wares; and business is bought at a dear hand »here there is small dispatch. " There be three parts of business : the preparation,...only be the work of many, and the first and last the woik of few. The proceeding upon somewhat conceived in writing doth for the most part facilitate dispatch... | |
 | 1826 - 582 pages
...wisdom of this great community. Lord Bacon never expressed a sentiment more just than the following: "There be three parts of business — the Preparation,...Examination, and the Perfection ; whereof, if you look for despatch, let the middle only be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few"— without... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...never come out of it clearly. To choose time is to save time ; and an unseasonable motion is butbeating the air. There be three parts of business : the' preparation...examination ; and the perfection ; whereof, if you look for despatch, let the middie only be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few. The proceeding... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1830 - 364 pages
...Katherine Maxwell drew her conclusions, time, and perhaps the next chapter, will shew. CHAPTER VI. " There be three parts of business ; the preparation...examination ; and the perfection : whereof if you look for despatch, let the middle be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few." LORD BACON.... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1831 - 286 pages
...Katherine Maxwell drew her conclusions, time, and perhaps the next chapter, will show. CHAPTER VI. " There be three parts of business ; the preparation...examination ; and the perfection ; whereof, if you look for despatch, let Ihe middle be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few." — LOED BACON.... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...figure of brass with the wolf over Romulus and Remus. The carps come familiarly to hand to be fed." There be three parts of business, the preparation,...examination, and the perfection ; whereof, if you look for despatch, let the middle only be the work of many, ami the first and last the work of few. — Bacon.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...out of it clearly. To choose time is to save time ; and an unseasonable motion is but beating the ah. There be three parts of business ; the preparation...examination ; and the perfection ; whereof, if you look for despatch, let the middle only be the work of many, and the first and last the work of few. The proceeding... | |
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