 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,...  The Massachusetts Teacher - Seite 91848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 Seiten
...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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy,... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 Seiten
...makes a full man, conferenve 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...read little he had need have much cunning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bar-on. which a penitent makes of his sins to God : in a more restricted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 Seiten
...conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had iieed have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. • BACON. CHAP. X. ON SATIRICAL- WIT. — TRUST me, this unwary pleasantry of thine... | |
 | William Goodhugh - 1827 - 402 Seiten
...indistinct. Dr. Johnson. Reading maketb a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics...moral, grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. Lord Bacon. A writer in the 63rd number of the Quarterly Review, justly complains of our poverty in... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...makfeth 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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Baam. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Bacon. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 Seiten
...that is comely, and that hath rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect. Bacon. If a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer...if he read little, he had need have much cunning. Id. He was appointed admiral, and presented battle to the French navy, which they refused. Haytcard.... | |
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