 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...  Bombay Quarterly Review - Seite 3671856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 404 Seiten
...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...be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his withe not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are... | |
 | 1821 - 416 Seiten
...for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him stndy the 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 stndy the schoolmen, for they are... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 Seiten
...for the head, and the like : so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for iu 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 Seiten
...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..." called away never so little, he must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ* " To Mr. Matthews; along with the Book De... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...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;...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 Seiten
...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...demonstrations, if his wit be " called away never so little, lie must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ• " To Mr. Matthews;... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 Seiten
...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 de" monstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he " must begin again; if his wit be not... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head, and the like ; so if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for,...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 ; if he be... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...tale with laughter, is poisoned between impertinence and folly. — Lavater. CXLIII. If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...called away never so little, he must begin again. — Lord Bacon. CXLIV. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of... | |
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