 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
 | Education - 1848 - 398 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...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 only be... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, 01 extracts of them may be made by others ; but that should... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...weigh and consider. Some books are tobe tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be che\\ed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only...diligence and attention. « Reading maketh a full man, conférence a ready man, and \vriting an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man wite little, he had need... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 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...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attei. tion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 664 pages
...which does not perceptibly differ from a passage in one of Bacon's 'Essays.' The philosopher wrote: "Some books are to be read only in parts ; others...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." I am not sufficiently familiar with cryptograms to point out where this pregnant suggestion occurs... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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...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 should be only... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...20 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books 25 also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be... | |
 | Eccentric literature - 1850 - 230 pages
...deny, inasmuch as " 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... | |
 | 1850 - 694 pages
...our next. BOOKS. 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. — Bacon. PLEASURE is like the delicate flower, whose odour, if you inhale too much of it, loses all... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...J fSome books ire to ¥e tastedj "others to iiTswallowed, amTsome few to Ъе chewed and digested V port none, other than the general déficience, that...much of them is verity, and how much vanity. The and_wi(h diligence and attention. Some books also птцу be read by deputy, and extracta made of... | |
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