 | Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...the wit, 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,...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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...in the wit 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...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
...the wit, but 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,...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
...in the wit, 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate ture of the mind, beholding mathematics ;) for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...the wit, but 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";...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...in the wit, 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,...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;... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - Christian biography - 1853 - 766 pages
...this remedy was suggested to the philosopher, by the sagacious counsel of his great predecessor : — "'If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematies : for, in demonstration, if a man's wit be carried away never so little, he must begin again.'" Lord Bacon's... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...those biases and erroneous habits of thinking that Bacon classes under the title of Idola specus.1 They may also be useful in pointing out the proper...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... | |
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Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... 
