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" Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. "
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by Francis Bacon - 1850
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...'give forth directions tooimuch at large, except fhey be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but- fbat is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...themselves give directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for grant, ed ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...To give forth directions, serepandent. except they be6 bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and refute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider....
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 3. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, noi to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. 4....
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The Christian's Penny Magazine, Issues 1-82

Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that ia a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...unless they are hedged in by experience'. Crafty men' . . contemn studies'; simple men' . . admire', and wise men' . . use', them'; for they teach not...Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe or take for granted'; nor to find matter merely for conversation'; but to weigh and consider'. Some...
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Time and temper: a manual of selections from holy Scripture and extr. from ...

Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...without them, and above them, won by observation. ^Iratl not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse,...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own...them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to conliadict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, or to find talk and discourse, but to...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 158

English essays - 1835 - 742 pages
...Samuel Warren, Esq. FR S. Land. Svo. pp. 552. " STUDIES," remarked that model of wisdom Lord Bacon, " teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation." The object of the present volume is to facilitate the acquirement of that ' wisdom' by the students...
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