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,... Essays, English and American - Página 31por Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 464 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 páginas
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books...: 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... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 páginas
...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... | |
| Time - 1835 - 274 páginas
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books...; 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... | |
| 1835 - 430 páginas
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books...exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he need have great memory : if he conter little, he had need have a present wit : and if he read little,... | |
| 1835 - 430 páginas
...; but that would be only the lees important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else disiilled / thereforp, if a man write little, he need have great memory : il he confer little, he had need have... | |
| David Hoffman - 1836 - 468 páginas
...in his terse manner, observes that 'reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and tenting an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory.'* There can be no doubt that many have written able and learned essays, and even books, not because they... | |
| 1837 - 398 páginas
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| 1837 - 608 páginas
...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 - 1838 - 894 páginas
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books : else distilled books...; 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... | |
| 1838 - 822 páginas
...chewed and digested. Reading makelh в /ый тип, conference a ready man, and writing an exact «e. And therefore if a man write little, he 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... | |
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