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A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous ... - Page 543
by Alexander Jamieson - 1829
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...study ; and 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 Elements of Punctuation: With Rules on the Use of Capital Letters ...

John Wilson - English language - 1856 - 188 pages
...expressions,* even if they are not in the same construction, are subject to the operation of the rule ; as, " Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them." c. When two brief phrases are formed alike, and united by either of the conjunctions a«rf, or, nor,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...study ; and 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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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...study; and 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 Asylum Journal of Mental Science

Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 pages
...btyond the rules of Physic, selves 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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Analytical and Practical Grammar

Peter Bullions - 1857 - 264 pages
...992. RULK 3. — In compound sentences, the clauses or memhers 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...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...study; and 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 graduated series of reading-lesson books, Book 4

Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...Cohesion . . . . : 420 Attraction of Gravitation „ ..... 482 tis.ccIIiTm.ous. MISCELLANEOUS. BEADING. CRAFTY men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider....
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...study ; and 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 Guardian, Volumes 10-11

Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...by study : and studies themselves, give forth directions too much at large, unless they be bounded by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them — for they teach not their own use ; that is a wisdom beyond and above them, half won by observation....
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