 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,...  A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed - Page 114edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stand or impediment... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...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,...mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.— Essays. John Milton, born 1608, died 1674. him, as we may the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...some few to he read wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, suhtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, ahle to contend. Aheunt studia... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact irian ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is> no stand or impediment... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact mnn ; a voice cry, Sleep no SIR WALTER RALEIGH. In the brilliant constellation of great men which adorned the reigns of Elizabeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full , man; conference a ready man; and writing an ex- , net man. And therefore if a man write little, he had need...mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 30 and writing an exact man: and therefore, if a man...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 35 EXERCISE VIII. Influence of Human Knowledge. — E. EVERETT. We are composed of two elements : the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...*man;^ancl wntînglm'exaet тагГПапЗ,"ТНегеТо7е7 iTa"man"write Httle,1fe~TíaT~ñeed have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need...mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; "Abeunt studia in mores;" nay, there is no stond or impediment... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. 8. Heading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...and if he read little he had need have much cunning, and seem to know that he doth not. 9. There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than than... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...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. BACON. CHAPTER X. ON SATIRICAL WIT. TRUST me, this unweary pleasantry of thine will sooner or later... | |
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