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" ... 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 never so little, he must begin again:... "
Mental Discipline: With Reference to the Acquisition and Communication of ... - Page 259
by Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 320 pages
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...and breast, ' gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are "Cymini sectores;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...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...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are Cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...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...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are Cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him stndy the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit...not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him stndy the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 404 pages
...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...away never so little, he must begin again : if his withe not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are Cymini...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...for the head, and the like : so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for iu demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so...or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 598 pages
...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;...or find dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...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...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the bead, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics;...or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are Cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ* " To Mr. Matthews; along with the Book De Sapientia Ve" terum.—I Heartily thank you for your...
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