 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,...  A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed - Seite 114herausgegeben von - 1916 - 889 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
...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,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. OF R OLD N ESS. IT is a trivial grammar-school text, but yet worthy a wise man's consideration. The... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 Seiten
...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,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." I add one very fine illustration: " If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 Seiten
...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 5. Reading' maketh a full man' ; conversation' a ready man' ; and writing' an exact man' : and therefore,...little', he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. 6. Histories' make men wise' ; poets', witty' ; the mathematics'-, subtile' ; natural... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 Seiten
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man.4 And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studio,... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 Seiten
...possible words. Here is a well known example from Bacon — "Heading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man: and, therefore,...had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he hath not." Here no words are wasted, and so the ideas are said to be concisely expressed. I'BOSPEEITT... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 Seiten
...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,...subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. u Abeunt studia in mores: " nay, there is no stand or impediment... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 Seiten
...some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading raaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. — LORD BACON. Hiterati. ATTAINMENTS OF LINGUISTS. TAKING the very highest estimate which has been... | |
 | David J. Silk - 1995 - 182 Seiten
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management 'Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not' from 'Of Studies' by Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 2.1 Introduction This chapter provides the foundation... | |
 | Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - 1997 - 324 Seiten
...structures. Here are a few patterns: Parallel Phrases and Clauses Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore,...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. (Bacon 175) Anaphora... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 Seiten
...some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. H Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 11 Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep; moral grave,... | |
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