But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished... The Retrospective Review - Página 1481821Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1905 - 958 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods ; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| Richard Green Moulton - 1915 - 536 páginas
...literature Criticism differentiates into four types sciences receive little or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature; so knowledge, when it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| George Reuben Potter - 1928 - 640 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men when they knit and shape perfectly do seldom grow to a further stature; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms, and * "It was only daring to despise vain fears." observations, it is in... | |
| Richard Green Moulton - 1915 - 550 páginas
...advance toward an underlying philosophy of literature sciences receive little or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature; so knowledge, when it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent - 1999 - 340 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods, from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature, so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth; but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2001 - 483 páginas
...original reflection more, than a work finished in all its parts and details. " For," says Lord Bacon, " as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature, so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it is once comprehended in exact... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1928 - 500 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods ; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth; but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1920 - 96 páginas
...knowledge into arts and methods ; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation. But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly,...do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth: but when it once is comprehended in exact... | |
| 1850 - 450 páginas
...and in his Natural Philosophy followed his own precepts. In the Advancement of Learning he says : " As young men, when they knit and shape perfectly do seldom grow to a further stature, so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it is once comprehended in exact... | |
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