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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 165
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, rs loved him not; and being wearied with the wars,...spoils of Gaul, would forsake him as soon as he cam ijudge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment »nd disposition of business ; for expert men can execute,...one : but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...delight', is' . . in retired privacy'; for ornament', in discourse'; and for ability', in the arrangement and disposition of business': for expert men can execute',...perhaps', judge of particulars' , one by one'; but general councils', and the plots and marshalling of affairs' , come best from the learned*.* To spend...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment...studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is aflectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature,...
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The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoric

George Campbell - 1840 - 450 pages
...varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling affairs, come best from those that are learned." Indeed, in almost every art, even as used by mere...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric

George Campbell - 1841 - 416 pages
...men," says Lord Bacon, "can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general councils, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." Indeed, in almost every art, even as used by mere practitioners, there are certain rules, as hath been...
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The School and the Schoolmaster: A Manual for the Use of Teachers, Employers ...

Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson - 1842 - 588 pages
...mental, and physical ; and The formation of proper habits and associations. CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION. " The general counsels, and the plots and marshalling...of affairs, come best from those that are learned." — BACON. THE teacher is to establish a system or organization, the object of which is to prevent...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their cljief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, c D [ % ʢN}' w f @ ; ~ arc learned. To spend too much time in Studien, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

1855 - 602 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament is in discourse ; and for ability is in the judgment...counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come but from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to to use them too much...
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Report to the Trustees of the Dick Bequest for the Benefit of the ..., Volume 2

1844 - 456 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their chief nw for delight, is In privBteness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can exccute, and perhaps judge of particular!, one by one : but the general counsels, and the plots and...
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