 | Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pages
...the use.' [13] See Essay 1. p. 205 : ' So if a mans wit be wandring, let him study the mathematicks ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.' [25] Cicero, deOrat. i. 33. Comp. Essay xxxviii. p. 160: ' Let not a man force a habit upon himselfe,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1877 - 1014 pages
...the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering,...wit be called away never so little, he must begin tgain. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find ' (jiioi dtglutire currimque leyert oportet. 2... | |
 | New Hampshire dept. of publ. instruction - 1877 - 284 pages
...wrought [worked] out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; — bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...riding for the head, and the like ; — so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Henry Trigg - 1877 - 168 pages
...says Lord Bacon, "cure diseases of the mind, as diseases of the body have their appropriate remedy. If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics,...called away never so little, he must begin again." The " wandering of the wit," it must be confessed, is a disease which is felt by many more or less... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone aud reins; shooting, for the lungs and breast; gentle...riding, for the head, and the like. So, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study -the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 428 pages
...stone and reins ; l shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathemathics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 414 pages
...stone and reins ; ' shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him stndy the mathemathics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 340 pages
...for the Stone and Reines ; Shooting12 for the Lungs and Breast ; Gentle Walking for the Stomacke ; 45 Riding for the Head; And the like. So if a Man's Wit be Wandring, let him Study the Mathematicks ; For in Demonstrations, if his Wit be called away never so... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 412 pages
...as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; l shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathemathics ; for in demonstrations,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Browne - 1909 - 348 pages
...appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins;3 shooting for the lungs and breast; gende walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so litde, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study... | |
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... is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like ; .so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit bo called away... 
