 | English instructor - 1801 - Počet stránok 272
...books are like common distiJlecl waters , flashy tilings. Reading makelh 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. BACON. M i34 THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. -L HE English delight in silence more... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - Počet stránok 418
...distilled books are like common distilled' waters , flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; eonference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore...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*... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - Počet stránok 348
...use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected...doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematic subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; " Abeunt... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - Počet stránok 310
...them too much for ornament., is- affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - Počet stránok 310
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deej), moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. " Our Studies pass... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - Počet stránok 312
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected...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.) - 1819 - Počet stránok 602
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunt studio... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - Počet stránok 580
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for grant, ed ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : Abeunt studio... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - Počet stránok 426
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flrishy things. Reading makes 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. - . . ,, Section 11. HAMLET'S DIRECTIONS TO THE PLAYERS. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - Počet stránok 548
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected...Histories make men wise; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt studia... | |
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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 attention. Some... 
