 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,...  Bacon's Essays: With Annotations - Page 447by Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extrac.ts made of them зу others ; but that would , and thinks Noah's Bood listilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAPTER X. ON SATIRICAL WIT. TRUST me, this... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — BACON. DANCING DEEV1SB. THE SHORES OF GREECE. HE... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...flashy things. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would* be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write... | |
 | 1846 - 584 pages
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 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 pages
...attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." I add one very fine illustration : " If the invention... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth LI. OF FACTION. MANY have an opinion not wise, that for... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, arid writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." I add one very fine illustration : " If the invention... | |
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