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,... Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Página 486por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 páginas
...to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. IBID. READING raaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flrishy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| 1821 - 416 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...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... | |
| Richard Harrison Black - 1822 - 376 páginas
...in vice, or leagues of pleasure." Addison. Confer. See CUM. " Reading makes a full man, ctmference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,...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 mnch cuuning, to seem to have... | |
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