 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be but error. The desire of power in excess caused the...there is no excess; neither can angel or man come had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man ; and therefore if a man write... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others...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 seem to know... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 pages
...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...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 doth not. Histories... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...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...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 doth not. Histories... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be show'd him prime In manhood where youth ended ; by...dire dread, and in his hand the spear. Adam bow'd low hod need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pages
...curiousry ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others...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 canning to seem to know... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts of them made by others; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...waters — flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; &c. H.KMAHK. — For further exercises, and for the sake of greater variety, suitable pieces may be... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...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,...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 doth not. Histories... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others...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 seem to know... | |
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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,... 
