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... 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 , he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little , be had ...
... 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 , he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little , be had ...
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| Title | Catalogue of My English Library |
| Author | Henry Stevens (Jr.) |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, 1853 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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