 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 - Pągina 541818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1856 - 374 pągines
...; 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. — Lard Bacon. CCLXXXIV. To judge rightly of our own worth, we should retire a little... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pągines
...writing, an exact man. If, therefore, a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he converse little, he had need have a present wit ; and, if he...much cunning, to seem to know that which he doth not. — LORD BACON, slightly altered. * HINT TO THE TEACHER. — After the pupil has read the first exercise,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 pągines
.... 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...wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunuing, to Deem to know that be doth not. — l.ord JJacon. cCI.XXXIV. To judge rightly of our own... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pągines
...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...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have 1 Privateness. Privacy. Sec page 87. ' Make. Gice. See page 420. 3 Curiously. Attentively. ' At first... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pągines
...writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if lie confer little, he had need have a present wit; and...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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pągines
...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. THE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Graham - 1857 - 88 pągines
...conference, a ready mac ; and writing, an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not know. [?~\ — Bacon. (2.) SAYINGS OF SENECA. EW wu md ia d-, nei c ny hp t gn with... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pągines
...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...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have 1 Privateness.- Pricacy. See page 93. * Make. One. See page 444. * Curiously. Attentively. 'At first... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pągines
...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 lie had need have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not—BACON. • NERVOUS STYLE. On the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pągines
...refemblance, Conference a ready Man ; and Writing an exadt Man. And, therefore, if a Man write little, he had need have a great Memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a prefent Wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much Cunning to feem to know that he doth not.... | |
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