 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,...  Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Strana 56autor/autoři: John Timbs - 1829 - 360 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 str.
...almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIH. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...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, to see... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 str.
...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 - 1829 - 828 str.
...matters, if I have often conference with your servant. Sidney. Reading makes 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 amfer little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 str.
...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... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 str.
...may be read by deputy, 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 str.
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise : poets, witty : the mathematics, subtle : natural philosophy, deep: mornl,... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 str.
...the meaner sort of books; else 'distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 130 and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man...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 were committed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 str.
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral,... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 str.
...little," observes Lord Bacon, " he had need to have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need to have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need to have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not." It was said of Picus, Earl of Mirandola, that... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 str.
...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... | |
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