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,... The British Prose Writers - Стр. 1651821Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - Страниц: 228
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need haw a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - Страниц: 380
...the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. [Trinity College Fellowships, 1835.] 66. INDOLENCE... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Страниц: 580
...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,...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... | |
| David J. Silk - 1995 - Страниц: 182
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management 'Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not' from 'Of Studies' by Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 2.1 Introduction This chapter provides the foundation... | |
| Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - 1997 - Страниц: 324
...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,...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. (Bacon 175) Anaphora... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - Страниц: 686
...Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 740 Essays 'Of Studies' for not printing any list of subscribers; one, that I have lost all the names; the other, moral, grave; logic and rbetoric, able to contend. 741 Essays 'Of Superstitlon' There is a superstitlon... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1999 - Страниц: 276
...books* are like common distilled waters,* flashy9 things. Reading maketh a full man; conference10 a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...memory; if he confer" little, he had need have a present wit;12 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
| David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - Страниц: 604
...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,...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 2000 - Страниц: 470
...distilled Waters, Flashy Things. 30 Reading maketh a Full Man; Conference a Rea-|dy Man; And [2P3V] Writing an Exact Man. And therefore, If a Man Write little, he had need have a Great memory; If he Conferre little, he had need have a Present Wit; And if he Reade litle, he had need have much Cunning,... | |
| Tom Tymoczko, Jim Henle - 2004 - Страниц: 670
...From Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #149, 1952. Reprinted by permission. © The Walt Disney Company Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral philosophy, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — FRANCIS BACON We assume that you... | |
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