 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books are, like common distilled waters, 152 ]53 fleshy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...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,...a present wit; and if he read little, he had need of much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not.—Bacon. 536. Thou mayst make thyself more learned... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...to incur the disapprobation of man.— W. £. Clulow. 535. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...a present wit; and if he read little, he had need of much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not.—Bacon, 536. Thou mayst make thyself more learned... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 Seiten
...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,...little, he had need have a present wit; and if he readjittle, he had need of much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not.—Bacon. 536. Thou mayst... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 Seiten
...made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. TIIE END OF KNOWLEDGE. Tt is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 Seiten
...made of them by others ; but that would* be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have 1 Privateness. Privacy. Sec page 87. ' Make. Gice. See page 420. 3 Curiously. Attentively. ' At first... | |
 | 1856 - 374 Seiten
...have almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbiiry. Heading 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. — Lard Bacon. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little from the world,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 Seiten
...their force of writing. — Shaftesbury, \ cCI.XXXIII. I!' .iilini< maketh a lull mnn . conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunuing, to Deem to know that be doth not. — l.ord JJacon. cCI.XXXIV. To judge rightly of our own... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...• and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy1 things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if lie confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Miles V. Zintz - 1972 - 490 Seiten
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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,... 
