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An illustrated Broadside of Bacon's famous essay with an audio track embedded in the pdf.

lots of very beneficial exercises

written in the style of Eighteenth-century Universal Grammar school

The famous chapter in which Spratt describes the revolution in English prose style initiated by t... more The famous chapter in which Spratt describes the revolution in English prose style initiated by the Scientific Revolution.

Two audio recordings of beloved passages. These are part of the series published lovingly by Knuc... more Two audio recordings of beloved passages. These are part of the series published lovingly by Knucklehead Books.

This audio recording of John Pomfret's beloved poem, "The Choice," features breaks in the reading... more This audio recording of John Pomfret's beloved poem, "The Choice," features breaks in the reading for learners of English to repeat the phrases in good English accent.

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in priv... more Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best, from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth 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; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them,

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the gr... more God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection.

An illustrated Broadside of Bacon's famous essay with an audio track embedded in the pdf.

lots of very beneficial exercises

written in the style of Eighteenth-century Universal Grammar school

The famous chapter in which Spratt describes the revolution in English prose style initiated by t... more The famous chapter in which Spratt describes the revolution in English prose style initiated by the Scientific Revolution.

Two audio recordings of beloved passages. These are part of the series published lovingly by Knuc... more Two audio recordings of beloved passages. These are part of the series published lovingly by Knucklehead Books.

This audio recording of John Pomfret's beloved poem, "The Choice," features breaks in the reading... more This audio recording of John Pomfret's beloved poem, "The Choice," features breaks in the reading for learners of English to repeat the phrases in good English accent.

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in priv... more Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best, from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth 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; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them,

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the gr... more God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection.