...waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man: conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abewnt studia in...

...waters, flashy things : Reading inakerh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; tUe mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend;...

...man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if ii man write little, be had need have a great memory; if he confer little,...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; 'Abeunt studia in mores;' nay, there is no stond or impediment...

...waters, flashy things. 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 much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." I add one very fine illustration: " If the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth...

...man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he bad need have a great memory; if he confer little, he...need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.—Lord Bacon. READING FOR THE FAMILY.—Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table,...

...Quotations wanted (Vol. vii., p. 40.).—Bacon, in• his Essay “Of Studies,” has this sentence: “And if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.” which is perhaps the reference Miss Edgeworth intended. “A world without a sun,” is from Campbell'....

...conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had nee<l have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and, if he read little,he had ueed have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 267. THE SECOND MODERN PERIOD,...

...be chewed and digested. 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, have a present wit; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories...

...digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And thereforeif a man write 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. Histories...

...waters, flashy things. Reading maketli a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend ; nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought...