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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...directions too much THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. i33 much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies , simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use , but that is a wisdom without them , and above them , won by observation....
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...studies themselves to 'give forth directions tooimuch at large, except fhey be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but- fbat is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...and studies themselves give directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....
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Rudiments of English Grammar: Containing, I. The Different Kinds, Relations ...

Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - 1812 - 118 pages
...every different subject and verb. As, Their slumbers are sound, and (heir •wakings are cheerful. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. The comma may be considered as included in the semicolpn i the semicolon as comprehended in the colon...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them won by observation....
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 2

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1816 - 514 pages
...Mr. Wardlaw's discourses on the Socinian controversy. By James Yates, MA From the Glasgow edition. 'Read, not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, hut to weigh and consider.' Lord Bacon. Practical Hints to...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 2

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 570 pages
...in Reply to Mr. WARDLAW'S DISCOURSES on the Sociuian Controversy, By JAMES YATES, MA Price $ 2 00. " Read, not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to. Sad talk and discourse, but to weigh aud consider." Lori Bacon. 2 THE NEW TESTAMENT...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 2

1818 - 506 pages
...; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man : and therefore, if a man...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...Studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn Studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....
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