 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...  The works of Francis Bacon - Seite 362von Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 Seiten
...in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be no apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study...sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to cal upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, le him study the lawyer's cases : so every defect... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 Seiten
...not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 4. INTERPRETATION OF THE FABLE... | |
 | 1859 - 802 Seiten
...ready in comparing one thing with another, and calling upon one to prove and illustrate the other, let him study the lawyers' cases: So every defect of the mind, may have a special receipt. *Studies change into habits. VANITY OF EARTH. " GENERATION after generation," says a fine writer, "... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 Seiten
...not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. THE ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS.... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 Seiten
...not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 4. INTERPRETATION OF THE FABLE... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 Seiten
...to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores." 8 If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. i Vapid: without taste or spirit. * " Studies become habits." 8 " Splitters of cummin-seeds ;" or,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 Seiten
...mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences,'...let him study the schoolmen, for they are ' cymini scctores ;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 898 Seiten
...mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences,'...if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases — so every defect... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 902 Seiten
...mathcntafrca, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences,'...the schoolmen, for they are 'cymini sectores;" if he apt to beat over matters, and to call upon ono thing to prove trate another, let him study the lawyers'.... | |
 | 1863 - 660 Seiten
...Pulchrorum auturanus pulcher," cited from Euripides (as Mr. Wright remarks) by Plut. Alcib. i. Essay L. " If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences,...study the schoolmen, for they are cymini sectores." In the Advancement of Learning, i. 77, Bacon remarks that Antoninus Pius was called cymini sector,... | |
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