 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...holiness to which only a desperate heart could be insensible. 15 EXERCISE VII. Studies. — BACON. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. Expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one 6 by one ; but the general counsels, and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1909 - 740 pages
...serve for delight, for ornament and for ability. Their chiefe use, for delight, is in privatenesse and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of businesse." And soon after : — " To spend too much time in studies is sloth ;: to use them too much... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1850 - 380 pages
...pierce the array Of past events WORDSWORTH. ' Sonnets to Liberty.'] Exercise. " men can execute, and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affaire come best from those that are learned." * " To him Nestor thus rejoined, O friend, what sorrows... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...contrivers of suits ; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings. L. OF STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for • ability. Their chief use for delight, is in private- J ness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...contrivers of suits; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceeding. L. OP STUDIES4. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and; for...of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...advantageously dispkys his fullness and richness of thought and of style than this on the use of study. " Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....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 sloth... | |
 | 582 pages
...deviate from the original. I. ON STUDY. " Studies serve for delight, for oinament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring...plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...vegetaI bles, at the meals. ON STUDY. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring...judge of particulars ; one by one ; but the general i counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. I To... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...retiring ; for ornament is in difcourfe, and for ability is in the judgment and difpofition of bufinefs. For expert men can execute and, perhaps, judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counfels and the plots and marmalling of affairs come beft from thofe that are learned. Read not to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings, 54 ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL. L. OF STUDIES. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament and for ability....of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to... | |
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STUDIES serve for delight, for 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 and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps... 
