 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,...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 286de Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1871 - 468 páginas
...distilled books are like common distilled waters flashy things. Reading maketh a full man conference a ready man and writing an exact man and therefore if...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 to know... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man : and therefore,...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 to... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 páginas
...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 5. Reading' maketh a full man' ; conversation' a ready man' ; and writing' an exact man' : and therefore,...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 to... | |
 | 1872 - 556 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...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 to know... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...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 to know... | |
 | 1909 - 378 páginas
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy" things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need 1 Pruning, cultivating. > Insipid. have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need... | |
 | David J. Silk - 1995 - 182 páginas
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management 'Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...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 to know... | |
 | Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - 1997 - 324 páginas
...structures. Here are a few patterns: Parallel Phrases and Clauses Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore,...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 to know... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 páginas
...attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:4 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
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