 | Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen,... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 248 pages
...(£*cl)ange, Assurance, ao& tDork0 on Hare, €nrton0, anir QDut of llje tUati Subjects. " If »man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away never to little, he must begin again." * Mathematics is a ballast for the soul, to fix it, not to stall it,... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 246 pages
...ballast for the «ral. to fix it, not to utall it, nor to jostle out other arts." " If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics ; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away sever K little, he mnst begin again." , 2910 ABBOTT (John). Exposition of the Principles of the Hydraulic... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...anc breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding fo: the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit bi wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away neve so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be no apt to distinguish or find differences, let... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...may tie. wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...riding for the head, and the -like; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises: bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if ¿is wit be called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...may be wrought out by fit studies : like as 7 diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins"; shooting...for the stomach; riding for the head, and the like. 1 Curiously for attentively. 2 Would /or should. 3 That (old) for what. 4 Moral (unusual) for morals.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit Studies : Like as Difeafes of the Body may have Appropriate Exercifes. Bowling is good for the Stone and Reins ; Shooting for the Lungs and Breaft ; gentle Walking for the Stomach ; Riding for the Head ; and the like. So if a Man's Wit be... | |
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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. 
