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" 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. "
Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Best ... - Page 22
by Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 120 pages
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...INSTRUCTOR. i33 much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies , simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for...Read not to contradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...except they be bounded in by experience; Crafty men contemn studies , simple men admire them , aud wise men use them : for they teach not their own use...Read not to contradict and confute /nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider^,, Some books are...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemne studies; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their owne use ; but that is a wisdome without them, and above them, won by observation. Reade not to contradict,...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...directions too much at Jarge, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemne studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them: for they teach not their owne use ; but that is a wisdome without them, and above them, won by observation. Reade not to contradict,...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...directions tooimuch at large, except fhey 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- fbat is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...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, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simpl e men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...limited &y experience. Crafty men condemn studies, nmple men admire them, and wi>e men u?e 'them j for they. teach not . their own use ; but that is a wisdom won by observation. 3. Read riot to contradict and refute, nor to b:lieve and take for granted, nor...
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