...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...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Bacon. READING FOR THE FAMILY. — Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table,...

...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....witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." It will hardly be disputed that this is a passage...

...Quotations wanted (Vol. vii., p. 40.). — Bacon, in his Essay " Of Studies," has this sentence : " And if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not." which is perhaps the reference Miss Edgeworth intended. "A world without a sun," is from Campbell's...

...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...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia...

...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 present wit; and if he...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not BACON. 106. The Passions. WHEN Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung,...

...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...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend ; nay, there is no...

...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...Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. As a theologian,...

...the schoolmen, has overthrown logic; but Bacon himself, in his ' Essay on Studies,' tells us — " Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend" My own view agrees with the poet : — " If lawes by reason framed were, and grounded on the same ;...

...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics,...philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.—Bacon. 338. One of the saddest things about human nature is, that a man may guide others...

...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics,...philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.—Bacon. 338. One of the saddest things about human nature is, that a man may guide others...