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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ... - Page 118
by Increase Cooke - 1819 - 408 pages
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pages
...judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of atfairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too...use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make2 judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected...
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The New Speaker. With an Essay on Elocution

John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the 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...
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Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selection from the Best ...

Truman Rickard - 1863 - 152 pages
...of business. Expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one 6 by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a 10 scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and *.he plotb and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience—for natural abilities are...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the" plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned....affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 13

Henry Barnard - 1863 - 898 pages
...and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned....use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make1 judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 13

Henry Barnard - 1863 - 904 pages
...the plots and marshaling of affaire, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much tine in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament,...; to make* judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of av ho!»r ; th--y perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — for natural it<;':ti'-»...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...business.3 For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,...learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; 4 to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; 5 to make judgment wholly by their rules, is...
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Wise Sayings of the Great and Good

Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...blotted -*r , a for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. Essay on Studies. — LORD BACON. SUBLIMITY. Effect of It is not easy to describe in words the precise...
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The Revised Lesson Book for Standard I(-vi) of the Revised Code of the ...

Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one; but the general counsels, and the 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 affectation;...
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