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.. - Pàgina 148editat per - 1821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1905 - 958 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1920 - 96 pàgines
...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... | |
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