 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,...  Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 80by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...need have a present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1822 - 376 pages
...in vice, or leagues of pleasure." Addison. Confer. See CUM. " Reading makes a full man, ctmference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,...need have a present wit, and if he read little he had need have mnch cuuning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bacon. Confess. See CUM. To acknowledge... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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,...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit -r and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAP.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 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,...need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 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,...need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pages
...Coronation, of a king, confers no royal authority upon him." " Reading makes a full man, conferenve a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...need have a present wit, and if he read little he had need have much cunning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bar-on. which a penitent makes... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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, if a man write little, he had iieed have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 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,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. • BACON. CHAP. X. ON SATIRICAL- WIT.... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makfeth a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man ; and, therefore,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty... | |
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