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The essays of lord Bacon, including his moral and historical works, with ... - Page 90
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 3. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...without them, and ab.ove them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, noi to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse;...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...unless they are hedged in by experience'. Crafty men' . . contemn studies'; simple men' . . admire', and wise men' . . use', them'; for they teach not...without them and above them', won by observation'. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe or take for granted'; nor to find matter merely...
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Time and temper: a manual of selections from holy Scripture and extr. from ...

Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...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 ;...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning hich ܡ contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use ; but that...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...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...without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...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...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions...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 ;...
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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
...themselves do give actions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse,...
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