 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
 | Bible Christians - 1863 - 1032 páginas
...believe, but to weigh and consider Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and pome few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference...little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, how much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. A REPROOF FOE PROFANITY.— He (Dr. Lawson) was... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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... | |
 | 1863 - 972 páginas
...intends to succeed in his vocation. To quote Bacon again : — " Beading 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 need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know that... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 páginas
...distilled books arc, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makcth s 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 il he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Truman Rickard - 1863 - 152 páginas
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 80 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... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 páginas
...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 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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