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" For if the wit be too dull, they sharpen it ; if too wandering, they fix it ; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect... "
United States Naval Institute Proceedings - Page 1005
by United States Naval Institute - 1911
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...sharpen it ; if too wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great...respect it maketh a quick eye and a body ready to put into all postures ; so in the mathematics, that use which is collateral and intervenient is no less...
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An Elementary Course of Mathematics: Designed Principally for Students of ...

Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1849 - 588 pages
...HARVEY GOODWIN, MA, LATE FELLOW AND MATHEMATICAL LECTURER OP OONV1LLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE. THIRD EDITION. "As Tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect it maketh a quick eye, and .1 body ready to put itself into all postures; so in the Mathematics, that use which is collateral...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...sharpen it ยก if too wandering, they fix it ,- if too inherent tn the tense, they abstract it. So that main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wicklifie are the emblem of his doct makelh a quick eye and a body ready to put itself into all postures ; so in tlie mathematics, that...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...sharpen it; if loo wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So thnt B B 6 * : H % makcth a quick eye, and a body ready to put itself into all postures ; so in the mathematics, that...
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The popular educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 5

Popular educator - 1852 - 842 pages
...it, if too wandering they fix it, if too inherent in me sense they abstract it ; so that as tennis ii a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect that it maketh a quick eye, and a body ready to put itself into all postures, so in the mathematics...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...sharpen it; if too wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that alaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages intervcnient, is no less worthy than that which is principal and intended. And as for the mixed mathematics,...
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an Account of the Aids Afforded to Poor Students, the ...

Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...sharpen it; if too wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect that it maketh a quick eye, and a body ready to put itself into all postures; so in the Mathematics,...
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an Account of the Aids Afforded to Poor Students, the ...

Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...sharpen it; if too wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect that it maketh a quick eye, and a body ready to put itself into all postures; so in the Mathematics,...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 1

1856 - 422 pages
...they sharpen it, if too wandering they fix it, if too inherent in the sense they abstract it ; so that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect that it maketh a quick eye, and a body ready to put itself into all postures, so in the mathematics...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...sharpen it; if too wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great...ready to put itself into all postures ; so in the Mathematies, that use which is collateral and intervenient is no less worthy than that which is principal...
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