 ... consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 41872 - 534 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Truman Rickard - 1863 - 152 lehte
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 80 and writing an exact man: and therefore, if a man...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 35 EXERCISE VIII. Influence of Human Knowledge. — E. EVERETT. We are composed of two elements : the... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 lehte
...mother of their peace and joy. Francis Bacon, 1561-1626. (Manual, pp. 93-106.) From the Essays. 59. OF STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament,...moral, grave, logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ; " nay; there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 lehte
...waters, flashy things.3 Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man.4 And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; 6 logic and rhetoric able to contend.6 Abeunt studia in mores. [The studies pass into the manners.]... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 lehte
...some 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,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. The greatest of errors is the mistaking or misplacing the last and farthest end of knowledge. For many... | |
 | James Wills (of Upton.) - 1864 - 282 lehte
...about it. Bacon says : — " Beading maketha full man, and writing an exact man, and conference a ready man ; and therefore, if a man write little, he had...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." As a means of bringing the mind into a well-disciplined condition, and giving to it that patience which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 lehte
...need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, i-xcept they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. THE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 lehte
...contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own tise ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them,...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : 'Abeunt studia... | |
 | David J. Silk - 1995 - 182 lehte
...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 - 324 lehte
...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... | |
 | Eric Partridge - 1997 - 406 lehte
...arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like com333 SUITABILITY AND ADEQUACY mon distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a...little he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise; Poets, witty; the Mathematics, subtle; Natural Philosophy,... | |
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