 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,...  Development of English Literature and Language - Page 444by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882Full view - About this book
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 pages
...man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he hath need have a great memory ; if he confer little, have...know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets [poetryJ witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 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,...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 seem to know... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 30 and writing an exact man: and therefore, if a man...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 seem to know... | |
 | 1851 - 278 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,...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 seem to know... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...he read little, have much cunning to seem to know On: he doth not. Histories make men wise, poeu witty, the mathematics subtle, natural phi!o*»phy deep,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 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,...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 seem to know... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books. 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, he had need have a present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 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,...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 seem to know... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, arid writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write...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 seem to know... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 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,...morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." It will hardly be disputed that this is a passage to be " chewed and digested." We do not believe that... | |
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