 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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" terura. — I Heartily thank you for... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 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...demonstrations, if his wit be " called away never so little, lie must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ• " To Mr. Matthews;... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 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, for in de" monstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he " must begin again; if his wit be not... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 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,...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases ; so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. LESSON VII. Life of a Looking... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...tale with laughter, is poisoned between impertinence and folly. — Lavater. exLm. If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...called away never so little, he must begin again. — Lord Boom. CXLIV. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...tale with laughter, is poisoned between impertinence and folly. — Lavater. CXLIII. If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...called away never so little, he must begin again. — Lord Bacon. CXLIV. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 524 pages
...reasonable creatures." — Conduct of the Undemtanding. Lord Bacon is much more precise on this head. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit bo called away never so little, he must begin again." — Essays. VOL. in. 25 gebraico quam nostro... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...doctrine of the mathematics : mathematician, he who studies or is a proficient in them. If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never BO little, he must begin again. Bacon, The malJicmaticlu and the metaphysicks Kail to them, as you... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...careful. Id. The king, though no good schoolman, converted one of them by dispute. Bacon. If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen. Id. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...and the like : so if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer*' cases : so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. HAIL. To " rain hail," may... | |
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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:... 
