 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...are not spoiled till those of nature age are already sunk into corruption. ON STUDIES.— LORD BACOU. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment »nd disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling affairs, come best from those that are learned." Indeed, in almost every art, even as used by mere... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1841 - 416 pages
...men," says Lord Bacon, "can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general councils, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." Indeed, in almost every art, even as used by mere practitioners, there are certain rules, as hath been... | |
 | Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson - Education - 1842 - 588 pages
...mental, and physical ; and The formation of proper habits and associations. CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION. " The general counsels, and the plots and marshalling...of affairs, come best from those that are learned." — BACON. THE teacher is to establish a system or organization, the object of which is to prevent... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...spirit. In illustration of these remarks, we shall quote the first part of his essay on " Studies." Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come but from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to to use them too much... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...of the other ! [ S/liâtes.] Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their cljief ed night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of...flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful arc learned. To spend too much time in Studien, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation... | |
 | Church schools - 1844 - 456 pages
...Studio wire for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief nw for delight, is In privBteness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can exccute, and perhaps judge of particular!, one by one : but the general counsels, and the plots and... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...sentences; and analyse the following essay, by Lord Bacon, into sentences, and their various parts: — Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is iri discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...entirely of aphorisms and detached sentences. The extracts which follow are from his Essays.] Studies. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability....; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of par(36) ticulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,... | |
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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... 
