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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 163
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 776 pages
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies...
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The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are...
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Papers for the schoolmaster, Volumes 1-6

582 pages
...one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...general i counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. I To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and arc perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the - humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities...
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities...
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Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances

Edward FitzGerald - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 172 pages
...perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshallings of affairs, come best from those that are learned....affectation : to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1853 - 378 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of, particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from...scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural - abilities require study, as natural plants need pruning; and studies themselves...
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