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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 322
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an Account of the Aids Afforded to Poor Students, the ...

Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...justly to incur the disapprobation of man.— WB Clulow. 535. Beading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...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 of much cunning,...
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The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, Volume 8

Education - 1855 - 396 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,...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,...
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an account of the aids afforded to poor students, the ...

Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...justly to incur the disapprobation of man.— WB Clulow. 535. Beading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he readjittle, he had need of much cunning, to...
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Annales de Bretagne, Volume 14

Brittany (France) - 1898 - 788 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled walers, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man; conférence a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need hâve a gréai memory; if he confer little, he had need hâve a présent wit; and if he read Utile,...
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Introduction to Early Modern English

Manfred Görlach - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 492 pages
...Bookes, are like Common distilled Waters, Flashy things. Reading 55 maketh a Full Man; Conference a Ready Man; And Writing an Exact Man. And therefore, If a Man Write little, he had need haue a Great memory; if he Conferre little, he had need haue a Present Wit; And if he Reade litle,...
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How to Communicate in Business: A Handbook for Engineers

David J. Silk - Business & Economics - 1995 - 182 pages
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management 'Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...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,...
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The Persuasive Pen: An Integrated Approach to Reasoning and Writing

Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - Education - 1997 - 324 pages
...structures. Here are a few patterns: Parallel Phrases and Clauses Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore,...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,...
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Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages

David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:4 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...distilled Waters, Flashy Things. 30 Reading maketh a Full Man; Conference a Rea-|dy Man; And [2P3V] Writing an Exact Man. And therefore, If a Man Write little, he had need have a Great memory; If he Conferre little, he had need have a Present Wit; And if he Reade litle, he had need have much Cunning,...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. U Reading maketh a full man, conference0 a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer0 little, he had need have a present wit;0 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,...
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