 | John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 412 pàgines
...precision as those of the state. All this load of business, he was enabled, by assiduous application and exact method, to dispatch without either hurry or...only one thing at once," he finished each branch of business before he proceeded to another, and never left a thing undone with the view of recurring to... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1825 - 490 pàgines
...inquire, by what happy art so many engagements could be fulfilled. We are told it was lord Burleigh's favourite maxim, that " the shortest way to do many things, is to do only one thing at once." On this principle, be finished each part of his daily task before he proceeded to another, never omitting... | |
 | 1831 - 388 pàgines
...state. All this load of business he was enabled, by assiduous application and exact method, to despatch without either hurry or confusion. In conformity to...only one thing at once," he finished each branch of business before he proceeded to another, .and never left a thing undone with the view of recurring... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pàgines
...state. All this load of business he was enabled, by assiduous application and exact method, to despatch without either hurry or confusion. In conformity to...only one thing at once," he finished each branch of business before he proceeded to another, and never left a thing undone with the view of recurring to... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pàgines
...state. All this load of business he was enabled, by assiduous application and exact method, to despatch without either hurry or confusion. In conformity to...only one thing at once," he finished each branch of business before he proceeded to another, and never left a thing undone with the view of recurring to... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pàgines
...Lord Burleigh than his unremitting diligence. His occupations were manifold, but by steadily adhering to his favourite maxim, that " the shortest way to do many things is to do one thing at once," he got through his duties in a satisfactory manner, without either hurry or confusion.... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 526 pàgines
...Lord Burleigh than his unremitting diligence. His occupations were manifold, but by steadily adhering to his favourite maxim, that " the shortest way to do many things is to do one thing at once," he got through his duties in a satisfactory manner, without either hurry or confusion.... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 pàgines
...half as much again as a bad one." Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, " The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once;" and he never left a thing undone with a view of recurring to it at a period of more leisure. When business... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 832 pàgines
...Lord Burleigh than his unremitting diligence. His occupations were manifold, but by steadily adhering to his favourite maxim, that " the shortest way to do many things is to do one thing at once," he got through his duties in a satisfactory manner, without either hurry or confusion.... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 216 pàgines
...half as much again as a bad one. Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, " The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once." A French minister who was alike remarkable for his despatch of business, and his constant attendance... | |
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Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, " The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once... 
