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The English Theophrastus: Or, The Manners of the Age: Being the Modern ... - Page 135
by Abel Boyer - 1702 - 367 pages
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Ideal Commonwealths: Comprising More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis ...

Utopias - 1901 - 482 pages
...safe : ' The errors,' says he, . of young men are the ruin of business ; whereas the errors of old men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.' But though their wisdom be little, their courage is great; wherefore (to come to the main...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization ..., Volume 1

David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...it, directeth them; but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ..., Volume 2

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 534 pages
...directeth them ; but in new things abuseth then;. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions embrace more than they can hold, stir more...
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My Favorite Book-shelf: A Collection of Interesting & Instructive Reading ...

Charles Josselyn - California - 1903 - 320 pages
...it, directeth them; but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold, stir more...
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - English literature - 1903 - 408 pages
...directeth them ; but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have deen done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold,...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 422 pages
...directeth them, but in new things abuseth them. 20 The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more...
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Essays, Civil and Moral: And The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1909 - 360 pages
...directeth them; but in new things, abuseth1 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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Selected Essays

Claude Moore Fuess - English essays - 1914 - 244 pages
...it, directeth them, but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, — that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...directeth them; but in new things, abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; ent if he disobeys, to carry others along with sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more...
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A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...directeth them; but in new things, [30 abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more...
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