 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
 | David J. Silk - 1995 - 182 страници
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management '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... | |
 | Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - 1997 - 324 страници
...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,...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... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 страници
...attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:4 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 [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 страници
...few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. U Reading maketh a full man, conference0 a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer0 little, he had need have a present wit;0 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | S. P. Koppikar - 2003 - 178 страници
...of flashy <insipid) things. "Reading maketh a full man; conference (conversation and discussion) a ready man; and writing an exact man." And therefore,...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need has a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | 2003 - 248 страници
...distilled books are , like common distilled waters , flashy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men... | |
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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,... 
