 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1848 - 162 pages
...commas ; as, " When the graces of novelty are worn off, admiration is succeeded by indifference." " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them." I. But when the members are closely connected, the comma is unnecessary ; as, " Revelation tells us... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth •directions too much at large, except...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach. not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1849 - 250 pages
...992. RULE 3. — In compound sentences, the clauses or members are usually separated by commas ; as, " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them.'' But when the clauses are short, or closely connected, the comma is not used , as, " Revelation tells... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, not to find talk... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...give forth directions too much at^Jarge, except they be bounded in by experience, r Crafty men condemn studies: simple men admire them ; and wise men use...that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. - Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves treams, That, for their homage to her sovereign joya,...fold into their nests, In oblique turnings wind the и ¡se men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; butthat is a wisdom without them, and above... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 pages
...the following may be cited as a proof of his perfection in this great attribute of composition:— " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them,...wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 338 pages
...Letter of his old age. We will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus: "Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them...wise men use them; for they teach not their own use: that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, 15 simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a... | |
 | John White - 1850 - 192 pages
...Advice should be, seasonably, administered. The best men, often, experience disappointments. RULE III. Crafty men contemn studies simple men admire them and wise men use them. Peace of mind being secured we may smile at misfortune. Charity suffereth long and is kind. The temperate... | |
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Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. 
