 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
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 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,...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies exercise... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...waters, flashy things.8 Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man.4 And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave;6 logic and rhetoric able to contend.6 Abeunt a/ n</i,, in mores. [The studies pass into the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading makcth 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. — LORD BACON. Elteratl. ATTAINMENTS OF LINGUISTS. TAKING the very highest estimate which has been... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy1 things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : "Abeunt studia in mores ; " 2 nay, there is no stand or impediment... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 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. THE PERFECT ORATOR. Imagine to yourselves a Demosthenes, addressing the most illustrious assembly... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1861 - 468 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...little he had need have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not.—BACON. NERVOUS STYLE. On the Impeachment of Warren Hastings.—In the course of... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1863 - 898 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,...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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. THE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Truman Rickard - English language - 1863 - 152 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 80 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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 ; " Abeunt studia in mores ; " nay; there is no stond or impediment... | |
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