Translations
When you are going about any action, remind yourself what nature the action is.Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
When you set about any action, remind yourself of what nature the action is.Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
When you are going to take in hand any act, remind yourself what kind of an act it is.George Long (1890)
When you are about to take something in hand, remind yourself what manner of thing it is.Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)