| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business; for expert men can execute, and perhaps...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,... | |
| John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...privateness and retiring; for ornament is iri discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition e, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful arc learned. To spend too much time in Studien, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation... | |
| American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...privateness and retiring ; for ornament is in discourse ; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps...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... | |
| Church schools - 1844 - 456 pages
...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 marshalling of affairs come best from those thai are learned. To spend too mnch time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too mnch for ornament,... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of par(36) ticulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots...ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rule, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — for natural... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. 2. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. 3. To spend too much time... | |
| London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...privateness and retiring ; for ornament is in discourse ; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps...wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...retiring' ; for ornament', is in discourse'; and for ability', is in the judgment' and disposition' of business'. For expert' men can execute', and perhaps...by their rules, is the humour' of a scholar'. They perfect' nature', and are perfected' by experience' ; for natural' abilities' are like natural plants',... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that arc ambers perfect nature, and arc perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like natural plants,... | |
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