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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,... "
Adventures in Essay Reading: Essays for First-year Students Selected by the ... - Page 2
by University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 407 pages
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...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 to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. M i34 THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. -L HE English delight in silence more...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 to seem to know that he doth not. BACON.. € HA PX On satirical — JL R UST me, this unwary pleasantrj7 of thine ' will sooner or late*...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, be 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. SECTION II. Hamlet's directions to the Player*, SPEAK the speech, I pray you as I pronounced it to...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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, to seem to...doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematic subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a pleasant wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. IBID. HISTORIES make men wise, poett witty, witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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, to seem to...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ;...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 2

1818 - 506 pages
...bad 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 to seem to know that which he doth not.'" To combine all this useful application, I should wish you to make use of Locke's...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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 to seem to know...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deej), moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...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 to seem to know...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...had need have a great memory : if he confer little, he had need hai ea present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to...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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