 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 332 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...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 a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had 1 This Essay, first printed in 1597,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1861 - 752 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1861 - 468 pages
...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 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... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1863 - 1030 pages
...others to be swallowed, and pome few to 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, how... | |
 | Great Britain - 1863 - 972 pages
...intends to succeed in his vocation. To quote Bacon again : — " Beading 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 need have a present wit ; and if he read... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1863 - 898 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...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 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... | |
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