 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sidor
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makcth a full man, conference a "I ݃! ho confer little, he had need have a present wit ; anil if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sidor
...distilled waters, flashy things, ¡leading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing аи year ! Thee Phœbus loves, and does inspire ; Phœbus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 sidor
...— flashy' things1. Reading' maketh a fuir man ; conference1 a ready' man ; and writing' an exact1 man. And, therefore, if a man write' little, he had need have present' wit1 ; if he confer1 little, he had need have a good1 memory'; and if he read' little, he... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 sidor
...arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters — flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready...therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 sidor
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...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, to seem... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sidor
...waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact mnn ; a voice cry, Sleep no little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 sidor
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact irian ; 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, to seem... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sidor
...arguments, and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready...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 to seem... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 sidor
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, have a present wit; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not.... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 sidor
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 30 and writing an exact man: and therefore, if a man...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, to seem... | |
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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 to... 
