 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 246 pages
...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... | |
 | 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...like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...may tie. 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 wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 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...study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if ¿is wit be called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...may be wrought out by fit studies : like as 7 diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins"; shooting...for the stomach; riding for the head, and the like. 1 Curiously for attentively. 2 Would /or should. 3 That (old) for what. 4 Moral (unusual) for morals.... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...explanation. Work the second example. GEOMETRY. ON MATHEMATICS. " If a man's wits be wandering let him study mathematics : for in demonstrations, if his wit be...called away never so little, he must begin again." — JJacan. THE term mathematics is derived from a Greek word which primarily signifies any discipline... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit Studies : Like as Difeafes of the Body may have Appropriate Exercifes. Bowling is good for the Stone and Reins ; Shooting for the Lungs and Breaft ; gentle Walking for the Stomach ; Riding for the Head ; and the like. So if a Man's Wit be... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...not to oversee workmen, is to leave your purse open. — Franklin. MATHEMATICS. — If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away ever so little, he must begin again. — Lord Bacon. MATHEMATICS. — The study of the mathematics,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriated exercises: bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting...so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematies, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again... | |
 | Thomas Fisher - Mathematics - 1854 - 156 pages
...coherence all along." [Locke, Introduction to the conduct of the Human Understanding, Bk. 4, Sec. 7. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, vif his wit be called away ever J so little, he must begin again." — [Lord Bacon. " The habits of... | |
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