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Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and ... - Page 504
by James Beattie - 1779 - 515 pages
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Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 1

Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pages
...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 character of the book,...
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The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, Volume 8

Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...to be tasted, other to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books arc 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. Scm3 books also may be...
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Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...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. — Lord Bacon. CCLXIIL...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...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 ; 2 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...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 books also may be...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...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 ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may...
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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ...

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...to be tafted, others to be fwallowed, and fome Few to be chewed and digefted : that is, fome Books are to be read only in Parts ; others to be read,...but not curioufly ; and fome Few to be read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention. Some Books alfo may be read by Deputy, and Extracts made of them...
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Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practical Lessons ...

George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...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 books also may be read...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...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 books also may be...
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The Pupil-teacher: A Monthly Journal of Practical Educational ..., Volume 3

1857 - 400 pages
...Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to he read wholly, aud with diligence and attention. — Lord Bacon. IGNORANCE....
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