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" 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 to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the... "
Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ... - Página 271
por Ancient learning - 1812
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy,...contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ; " nay; there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 páginas
...for abillityes: Theire cheife use for pastyme, is " &c. 2 In the MS. this Essay ends here. pediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may haue appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the Stone and Raines ; Shooting for the longs & breast...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 páginas
...his own use, he will write not as if he wanted to say something, but as if he had something to say. ' There is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studios.' There are some kinds of crops which, besides the direct return to the husbandman, tend to...
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Good Order Established in Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, in America: Being a ...

Thomas Budd - 1865 - 164 páginas
...remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy,...grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt stadia in mores." Lord Bacon. NEW YORK: WILLIAM GOWANS. GO COPIES PRINTED ON LAKGE PAPEB 4TO. ESTABLISHED...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Ibid. Histories make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Ibid. I hold every man a debtor to his profession ; from the which as men of course do seek to receive...
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Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 páginas
...to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and...rhetoric, able to contend : 'Abeunt studia in mores' [' Studies influence the manners'] ; nay, there is no stond1 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 páginas
...to seem to know that' he doth not. Histories make meu wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and...contend : ' Abeunt studia in mores" — nay, there is no stond* or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought* out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 páginas
...to seem to know that1 he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia in mores'2 — nay, there is no stond3 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought4 out by fit studies,...
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Treasury of Choice Quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ibid. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. ibid. I hold every man a debtor to his profession ; from the which as men of course do seek to receive...
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Rhetoric: A Text-book : Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges, and for ...

Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 422 páginas
...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." In the above extract, the careful reader will note that several words are used with a signification...
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