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A Grammar of the English Language: With an Analysis of the Sentence - Page 181
by John Seely Hart - 1874 - 232 pages
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wis•:;. dom without them, anB- above them,...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 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....
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 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....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 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....
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 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....
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience 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....
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 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....
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A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and ..., Volume 2

Alexander Jamieson - Industrial arts - 1829 - 654 pages
...for delight, for ornament, and for ability : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to beliere and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse,...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...force a t'cacpression. To give forth directions, serepandent. except they be6 bounded in by experience. 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....
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 3. 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 ab.ove them, won by observation....
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