 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.  The Saturday Magazine - Page 321838Full view - About this book
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...granted, or to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 7. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others: but that should be in... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...for '• 'tis the company and not the charge that makes the feast." — Isaac Walton. MX. Books. — Read not to contradict and confute, but to weigh and...attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man. — Lord Bacon. IX. Laws must not be inconsistent with Natural... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...weigh, and consider. 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...attention. .... 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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...weigh and consider. 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...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...brought together into in small compass of "s-* more than such a mere imi Essay Bacon has said, chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.' This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the essay, to be addressed to students—... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...by observation. 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...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...weigh and consider. 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...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be retd wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...some hooks are to he read only in parts; others to he read, hut not curiously ; and some few to he read wholly, and with diligence and attention 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and юте few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only...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... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." * We suppose the Courts of law, held in Westminster Hall, are meant. ED. t Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, in"... | |
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