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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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the ... - Page 47
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therfore if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigji and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...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
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; butthat should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...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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A Course of Legal Study: Respectfully Addressed to the Students of Law in ...

David Hoffman - Law - 1817 - 398 pages
...swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in part, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few...important arguments, and the meaner sort of books." But whilst the student is judicious in his selection, there is another consideration no less worthy...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...contrivers of suits ; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceeding. LI. OP STUDIES. STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament,...only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sprt of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may he read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...immortalium ntimine omnia regi gubcrnarique pertpeximus, mines gentes nationesque stiperavimus. L. OP STUDIES. Studies serve for delight, for ornament,...books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be rend by deputy, and extracts mode of them by others ; but that would be only in the...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makfeth a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man ; and, therefore,...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others8 ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man 9 ; and therefore, if a man write little, he need have a good memory;...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...to weigh and consider. 4. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few •:£.> be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. 130 and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory;...
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