 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 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...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a goodness infinite, both when wo wake, And when we...[Expulsion from Paradise.'] [From the same.] He en hod need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Arid, 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 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 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 that he doth not. 4 Advantage... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 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,...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 that he doth not. Histories make... | |
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 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 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 that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. .... Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...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 that he doth, not. Histories make... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a irmly - - . have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
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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,... 
