...little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets 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...

...others to be read but cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. "^ whom, in his vain imagination, he thought he had some...turn to allay the bitter hatred of those times again Each sentence is an aphorism — every paragraph maximized — and the thirty new Essays, which, notwithstanding...

...vocal. — Dr. Jones. Distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things — Lord Bacon. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral philosophy, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Lord Bacon. Scilicet ingennas dedicisse...

...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...

...illustrious Bacon, who, " though dead, yet speaketh," concluding, as we began, with his sentiments: "Histories make men wise; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep; moral philosophy, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." ER RASCHID. * Dr. ВаШез of Liverpool,...

...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Histories make...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. THOMAS FULLER. 1608-1661. Holy State. Book ii. Ch. 20. Tlte Good Sea-captain. But our captain counts...

...Sir Isaac Xewton. * Would. SlioulJ. Sec page 296. much cunning, to seem to know that1 he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia in mores'2 — nay, there is no stond3 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought4...

...Sir Isaac Newton. * Would. Should. See page 310. • much cunning, to seem to know that1 he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty; the mathematics...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia in mores'2 — nay, there is no stond3 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought4...