 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makfeth a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little,...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; morals grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; nay, there... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIII. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Bacon. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little from the world,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIH. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Baam. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little from the world,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 Seiten
...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...if he read little, he had need have much cunning. Id. He was appointed admiral, and presented battle to the French navy, which they refused. Haytcard.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 Seiten
...an exact man ; and therefore, if a man write little, he. had need have a great memory ; if he cpnfer little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to arem to know that he doth not. Bacon. The words in the eighth verse conferred with the same words in... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 Seiten
...conference with your servant. Sidney. Reading makes 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 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 Seiten
...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.'... | |
 | 1832 - 670 Seiten
...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,...the mathematics, subtle : natural philosophy, deep: mornl, grave: logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt sludia in mores,' ' Studies pass into... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...sort of books; else 'distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 130 and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. LORD BACON. LESSON LXVIII. Speech of Logan. 1. In the spring of the year 1774, a robbery and murder... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 Seiten
...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,...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia... | |
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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,... 
