 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 str.
...Arguments, and the meaner fort of Boc^t, elfe diftilled Booly are like common d Milled Waters, flafliy things. Reading maketh a full man •, Conference...Write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he Confer lirtle, he had need have a prefent wit ; and if he Read lirtle, he had need have much cunning... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 str.
...diftilled waters, flamy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exaft man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a prefentwit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 str.
...books are like common distiJlecl waters , flashy tilings. Reading makelh 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 confer little , he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little , he had need have much cunning... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 str.
...distilled books are like common distilled' waters , flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; eonference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 str.
...important arguments, and the meane sort of bookes; else distilled bookes, are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ;...an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, hee had need have a great memory ; if hee conferre little, hee had need have a present wit ; and if... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 str.
...important arguments, and the meane sort of bookes; else distilled bookes, are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ;...an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, hee had need have a great memory ; if hee conferre little, hee had need have a present wit ; and if... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 str.
...And therefore, if a man write little, hee had need have a great memory ; if hee conferre little, hee had need have a present wit ; and if he reade little,...had need have much cunning, to seeme to know that, hee doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtill ; rj«. tural philosophy... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 str.
...waters, flafhy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exaft roan. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a prefent wit; and if he read link, he had need have much cunning to... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 str.
...less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man;...conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therfore if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 str.
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore if a man write little, he had need of a great memory, if he confer little, he had need of a present wit, and if he read little, he had... | |
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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... 
