 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,...  Book News - 533. oldal1905Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 oldal
...almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIII. 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. — Lord Bacon. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 oldal
...almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIH. 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. — Lord Baam. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 oldal
...best in a body that is comely, and that hath rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect. Bacon. If a man write little, he had need have a great memory...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning. Id. He was appointed admiral, and presented battle to the French navy,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 oldal
...matters, if I have often conference with your servant. Sidney. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he amfer little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 oldal
...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, he had need have a good memory ; if he confer little, he had need have much cunning, to appear to know what he doth not.'... | |
 | 1830 - 288 oldal
...fonds de cennaissances , la diseussion de la presence d'esprit, et la composition de t'cxactitude. and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know that which he dolh not. REStGNATtON. TUE darts of adverse fortune are always levelled at our heads. Some... | |
 | 1832 - 670 oldal
...the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a...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... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 oldal
...the meaner sort of books; else 'distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 130 and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man...need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. LORD BACON. LESSON LXVIII. Speech of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 oldal
...the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a...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... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 oldal
...extremely judicious. ' Reading maketh a full man, speaking maketh a ready man, writing maketh an exact man. Therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he speak little, he had need have a ready wit; and if he read little, he had need have a great deal of... | |
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