 | 1882 - 1434 lapas
...ARMSTRONG — A rl of Preserving Health. Bk. II. Line 486 Men of age object too much, consult too loni>, magine it To lie that wny thou go'st, not whence thou...Suppose the singing birds, musicians; The grass whereon rnediocritv of success. j. BACON— Essay XLII. Of Youth andAge. Old age cornea on apace to ravage... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 lapas
...Line 486 Men of age object too much, consult too ling, adventure too little, repent too soon, anil seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. i. " BACON— Essay XLII. Of Youth and Aye. Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime. j. ВЕАТПЕ—... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 lapas
...errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unruly horse that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good isx the present, because... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 lapas
...career, he was killed at the battle of Ravenna, in 1612. horse, that will not neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...business home to the full period, but content themselves witli a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 lapas
...quality or state of being mediocre ; a middle state or degree ; a moderate degree or rate. Men of age seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mtdiacrity of success. ffafffn. From the most careful and skilful tuition seldom anything results above... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 lapas
...errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly, it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 lapas
...errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly, it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1884 - 950 lapas
...innovation, s at once a great and a common evil. There is much truth in Bacon's complaint, that ' Some men object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive justness home.' Even moderation itself may sometimes be folly or cowardice. On the Exclusion-bill being... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 234 lapas
...career, he was killed at the battle of Ravenna, in 1512. horse, that will not neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because... | |
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. 
