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,... Chambers's national reading-books - 146 페이지저자: Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877전체보기 - 도서 정보
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 페이지
...others to be read but cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. " U Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics...moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." Each sentence is an aphorism — every paragraph maximized — and the thirty new Essays, which, notwithstanding... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 페이지
...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...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 페이지
...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...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 페이지
...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....witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." It will hardly be disputed that this is a passage... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 페이지
...and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he hod and the Archangel soon drew nigh, Not in his shape celestial, but ая man Clad to meet man ; SIR WALTER RALEIGH. In the brilliant constellation of great men which adorned the reigns of Elizabeth... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 페이지
...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....witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." " Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 페이지
...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....witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." " Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,... | |
| 1872 - 858 페이지
...Christian teachers. And I may fitly preface my remarks with a sentence from Lord Bacon's Essays : — " Histories make men •wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." I should prefer saying of logic that, when intelligently studied, it makes men able to diminish the... | |
| 1855 - 602 페이지
...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 canning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty ; the mathematics,... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 페이지
...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...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of a Friend. There is as much difference between the counsel that... | |
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