 Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 166by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1845 - 1174 pages
...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shootingt for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...be wrought out by fit studies, and, like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for*the head and the like ; BO if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 346 pages
...Southey, Coleridge, Dennie, Ames, Wilt, Channing.* 5. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so liltle, he must begin again." — BACON. 11 As tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...body, may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the longs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head and the like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study tlie mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be railed away... | |
 | Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 246 pages
...Mathematics is a ballast for the «ral. to fix it, not to utall it, nor to jostle out other arts." " If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics...; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away sever K little, he mnst begin again." , 2910 ABBOTT (John). Exposition of the Principles of the Hydraulic... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 248 pages
...Banking, (£*cl)ange, Assurance, ao& tDork0 on Hare, €nrton0, anir QDut of llje tUati Subjects. " If »man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics;...in demonstrations if his wit be called away never to little, he must begin again." * Mathematics is a ballast for the soul, to fix it, not to stall it,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...anc breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding fo: the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit bi wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away neve so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be no apt to distinguish or find differences, let... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises: bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
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