 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,...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Pàgina 541818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...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...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 deep... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pàgines
...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...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 deep... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pàgines
...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 little he had...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pàgines
...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...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 will... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pàgines
...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...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 deep... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pàgines
...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 little, he...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.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pàgines
...an exact man ; and therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he amfer little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he...he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Beam. The words in the eighth verse conferred with the same words in the twentieth, make... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pàgines
...an exact man ; and therefore, if a man write little, he. had need have a great memory ; if he cpnfer little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to arem to know that he doth not. Bacon. The words in the eighth verse conferred with the same words in... | |
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