 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,...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 286por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 páginas
...books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makfeth 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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 páginas
...almost lost their force of writing. — Shaftesbury. CCLXXXIH. 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... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
 | 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,...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 - 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,...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... | |
 | 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,...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 - 1838 - 898 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...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... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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,...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 canning to seem to know... | |
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