 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 - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flrishy things. Reading makes 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 - 1820 - 539 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... | |
 | 1821 - 416 páginas
...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,...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... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1822 - 378 páginas
...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,...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 mnch cuuning, to seem to have... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 402 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 -r and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...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...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, Basil Montagu - 1825
...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... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 páginas
...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,...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 have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 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... | |
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