 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIII. 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,... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 páginas
...may be read by deputy, and extracts of them made by others. 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 good memory ; if he confer little, he had need have much cunning, to appear to know what he doth not.'... | |
 | 1832 - 670 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,...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... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 páginas
...the meaner sort of books; else 'distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 130 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 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,...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 páginas
...extremely judicious. ' Reading maketh a full man, speaking maketh a ready man, writing maketh an exact man. Therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he speak little, he had need have a ready wit; and if he read little, he had need have a great deal of... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 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,...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,... | |
 | 1835 - 430 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, if a man write little, he need have great memory : if he conter little, he had need have a present wit : and if he read little,... | |
 | David Hoffman - 1836 - 468 páginas
...in his terse manner, observes that 'reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and tenting an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory.'* There can be no doubt that many have written able and learned essays, and even books, not because they... | |
 | 1837 - 608 páginas
...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...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, have a present wit; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he... | |
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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 to... 
