 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...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 to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. M i34 THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. -L HE English delight in silence more... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 to seem to know that he doth not. BACON.. € HA PX On satirical — JL R UST me, this unwary pleasantrj7 of thine ' will sooner or late*... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...Histories make meu wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral philosophy grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, be 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. SECTION II. Hamlet's directions to the Player*, SPEAK the speech, I pray you as I pronounced it to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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,...doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematic subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a pleasant wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. IBID. HISTORIES make men wise, poett witty, witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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,...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ;... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pages
...little, he bad 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 that which he doth not.'" To combine all this useful application, I should wish you to make use of Locke's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...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 to...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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 to...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deej), moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass... | |
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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,... 
