 STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...  Works - Page 301by Francis Bacon - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of paiticulars one by one : but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...Bacon, "serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse ; and for...ability is in the judgment and disposition of business." He, then, who being fully acquainted with his worldly engagements, who, by industry and skill is proceeding... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...SjuniEs serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use, for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness Egypt To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1835 - 558 pages
...Bacon, "serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. — Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse; and...of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness out, how Csesar's own soldiers loved him not; and...spoils of Gaul, would forsake him as soon as he cam ijudge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment »nd disposition of business ; for expert men can execute,...one : but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...delight', is' . . in retired privacy'; for ornament', in discourse'; and for ability', in the arrangement and disposition of business': for expert men can execute',...perhaps', judge of particulars' , one by one'; but general councils', and the plots and marshalling of affairs' , come best from the learned*.* To spend... | |
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