 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
 | Francis Bacon - 2005 - 412 pages
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 | Richard C. Smith - Foreign Language Study - 2005 - 436 pages
...essay "Of Studies". "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... | |
 | Denise Gigante - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 264 pages
...to be Swallowed, and Some Few to be Chewed and Digested: That is, some Bookes are to be read onely in Parts; Others to be read but not Curiously; And...some Few to be read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention."8 The eighteenth-century editorial fashion for collecting and publishing "Beauties" was... | |
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