 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sprt of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled...a great memory : if he confer little, he had need hai ea present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave;... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth 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. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; mo. ral,... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1822 - 376 pages
...in vice, or leagues of pleasure." Addison. Confer. See CUM. " Reading makes a full man, ctmference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,...present wit, and if he read little he had need have mnch cuuning, to seem to have that which he hath not." Bacon. Confess. See CUM. To acknowledge a crime;... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit -r and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAP.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curkxuly ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral,... | |
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... 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 books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only... 
