 ... consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 41872 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory : if he confer little, he had need hai ea present wit : and if he read little, he had need have...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought ont... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...general contrivers of suits; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceeding. LI. OF STUDIES. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt studia in mores;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; mo. ral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt stndia in mores ;" nay, there is no... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spund too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too...; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1824 - 600 pages
...talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend: Abeunt studio in mores. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; forornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, "able to contend; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 552 pages
...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curkxuly ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunl studio, in mores. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had iieed have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
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