 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,...  Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Σελίδα 80των George Lillie Craik - 1846Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 σελίδες
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full , man; conference a ready man; and writing an ex- , net man. And therefore if a man write little, he had need...need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not./ Histories make men wise ; poets, witty;... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 σελίδες
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, have a present wit; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 σελίδες
...*man;^ancl wntînglm'exaet тагГПапЗ,"ТНегеТо7е7 iTa"man"write Httle,1fe~TíaT~ñeed ter branch, touching impression, hath not been collected into art, but hath been handled dispersedly had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.\ (Histories make men wise ; poets witty... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 σελίδες
...things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, there7ore, what we ev'ry one can swear Our eyes themselves have seen appear, That, when we hail need have a iresent wit ; and if he read little, he had need have mich cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 σελίδες
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he hath need have a great memory ; if he confer little, have a present wit; and if he read little, have... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1850 - 501 σελίδες
...may be read by deputy and extracts of them made by others. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man: and writing an exact man : and therefore if a man write little, tye had need have a good memory; if he confer little, he had need of much cunning, to appear to know... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 σελίδες
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And, therefore,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAPTER X. ON SATIRICAL WIT. TRUST... | |
 | 1851 - 278 σελίδες
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And, therefore,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — BACON. DANCING DEEV1SB. THE SHORES... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 σελίδες
...distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an.exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had...need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." I add one very fine illustration : •... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 σελίδες
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need haw a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he... | |
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