 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,...  The British Prose Writers - Pàgina 1651821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pàgines
...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,...the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" nay, there is no stand... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1822 - 376 pàgines
...in vice, or leagues of pleasure." Addison. Confer. See CUM. " Reading makes a full man, ctmference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,...present wit, and if he read little he had need have mnch cuuning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bacon. Confess. See CUM. To acknowledge a crime;... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pàgines
...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,...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit -r and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAP.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pàgines
...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,...the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pàgines
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore...the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunl studio, in mores. Nay, there is no stond... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pàgines
...Coronation, of a king, confers no royal authority upon him." " Reading makes a full man, conferenve a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...read little he had need have much cunning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bar-on. which a penitent makes of his sins to God : in a more restricted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pàgines
...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, if a man write little, he had iieed have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...confer little, haue a present wit, and if he read little, hee had need haue much cunning, to seeme to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, Poets witty, the Mathcmatiks subtill, natural philosophy deep, Morall graue, Logick and Rhetoricke, able to contendor... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pàgines
...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,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. • BACON. CHAP. X. ON SATIRICAL- WIT. — TRUST me, this unwary pleasantry of thine will sooner or... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pàgines
...books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makfeth a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man ; and, therefore,...the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; morals grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit,... | |
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