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" Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. "
Brief Longhand: A System of Longhand Contractions, by Means of which the ... - Page 63
by Andrew Jackson Graham - 1857 - 97 pages
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...made of them by others; but that should be only in the less important arguments , and the meaner sorts of books ; else 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 , if a man write little , he had...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...would be, onely in the lesse important arguments, and the meane sort of bookes; else distilled bookes, are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, hee had need have a great...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...would be, onely in the lesse important arguments, and the meane sort of bookes; else distilled bookes, are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, hee had need have a great...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are...flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therfore if a man write little, he had need have a great memory...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are,...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore if a man write little,...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others; butthat should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are,...flashy things. 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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are,...flashy things. 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...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...deputy, and extracts made of them by others: but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books are...flashy things. 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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...and extracts made of them by others : but that would be only in the -less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books are...flashy things. 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...
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