 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,...  Catalogue of My English Library - Page 2by Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1853 - 107 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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,...doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematic subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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,...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deej), moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunt studio... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory : if he confer little, he had need hai ea present wit : and if he read little, he had need have...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt studia... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt studia... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; mo. ral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt stndia... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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,...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunl studio,... | |
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