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The English Theophrastus: Or, The Manners of the Age: Being the Modern ... - Page 135
by Abel Boyer - 1702 - 367 pages
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The North British review

1857 - 584 pages
...it, directeth them, but in new things ahuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount but to this — that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ...

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...directeth them ; but in new Things abufeth them. The Errors of young Men are the Ruin of Bufmefs ; but the Errors of aged Men amount but to this ; that more might have been done, or fooner. Young Men, in the conduct and Manage of Actions, embrace more than they can hold ; ftir more...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...directeth them, but in new things abuseth4 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount but to this — that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage5 of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...directeth them ; but in new things, abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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Biographical Sketches

Nassau William Senior - 1863 - 580 pages
...it, directeth them, but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount but to this- — that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...novis eos seducit.] [6] in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been [7] done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...directeth them, but in new things abuseth* them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount but to this — that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage' of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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The Essays of Lord Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...directeth them ; but in new things abuseth2 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed ..., Volumes 3-4

Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...directetli them: but in new things abuscth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...new things abuseth,' 2 them.' 3 The errours of young men are the ruin of business, but the errours of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. 14 Young men, in the conduct and manage 15 of actions, embrace more then they can hold; stir...
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