 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...  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 485by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight, is in privateness. and retirement ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability is...affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend toe much time in studies is sloth; to use them- too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 528 pages
...be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by one ; " but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshal" ling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." SECTION VIII. Continuation of... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 632 pages
...combined together to " prepare us for the latter." • Expert men,' says Lord Bacon, ' can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general ' counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best 1 from those that are learned.' Admitting the truth of these... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...Testament; adversity of the New. Studies and reading serve for delight, for ornament, and for use. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is afl'eclaiion; and to judge wholly by their rains is pedantic. Letters perfect nature, and are perfected... | |
 | Asia - 1817 - 678 pages
...render future editions lees open to VouIÏI. 3N 450 critical remarks. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one...of affairs, come best from those that are learned." We are informed by the author of i the work before us. " that he has avoided treating of those subjects... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...in privatenes? and retirement; for ornament ,is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement, and disposition of business : For expert men can .execute,...particulars, one by .one ; but the general counsels, and plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. 2. To spend too much time... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privatenessand retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability,...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 make judgment wholly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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...those that are learned. To spend too much time in studifj, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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...business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge 6f particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling- of affairs, come... | |
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