 | Nathaniel Holmes Morison - 1856 - 92 str.
...respects. RULE xv. When a verb is understood in a clause, its place is supplied by a comma; as, Eeading makes a full man ; conversation, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man. EXCEPTION. — When the clauses are not separated by a semicolon the comma is omitted. RULE XVI.... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1857 - 264 str.
...that you may he happy." 1002. RULE 13. — When a verb is understood, a comma must he inserted ; as, " Reading makes a full man ; conversation, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man." 1003. RULE 14. — Words repeated are separated by a comma ; as, " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord... | |
 | 1859 - 802 str.
...blown-up blaze of a turf, make sucli acquaintances, is an object worthy of all the labour or expense. ' Reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man,' said Lord Bacon ; and the aphorism is as true as it is terse. To express thought in writing is... | |
 | Matthew Boyd Hope - 1859 - 314 str.
...one-and-twenty, had been a distinguised debater in the House of Commons." The well known saying of Lord Bacon, that " reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and Writing an exaet man," contains a vast deal of truth : and two thirds of that truth, is in favor of writing ;... | |
 | Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1860 - 394 str.
...which we draw from them is the gold after it has been elaborated and refined. Reading, says Bacon, makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man. In order to give children a readiness of expression, they should be accustomed to relate, in their... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 str.
...in one part of a sentence, is understood in other parts, its place is supplied by a comma. Example. Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man; and writing, an exact man. RULE 3. When the subject is a part of a sentence, or otherwise consists of many words, it is separated... | |
 | 1863 - 36 str.
...nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to 'find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider." " Reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man." "There is nothing makes a man speak much, more than to know little." " The pleasure and delight of knowledge... | |
 | John Purdue Bidlake - 1863 - 224 str.
...suspension or a total cessation, of the voice, during a perceptible space of time ; as. Heading — makes a full — man ; conversation — a ready — man ; and writing — an exact — man. Tone is a particular modulation or inflection of the voice, suited to the sense ; as, How... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1864 - 220 str.
...a comma; as, " Be virtuous, that you may be happy." 641. A verb understood requires a comma; as, " Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man; and writing, an exact man." 642. As, thus, &c., used to introduce examples, or quotations, are separated by a comma; as,... | |
 | William Alexander Graham - 1866 - 76 str.
...his intellectual and moral character, and usefulness as a citizen. It was the remark of Lord Bacon that "reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man. and writing an accurate man." Mr. Badger's reading was confined, with the exception of that knowledge of the dead... | |
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reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man. 
