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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 essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 184
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...curiously ;* and some few 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 in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...not Curiously; And some Few to be read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention. Some Bookes also may be read by Deputy, and Extracts made of them by Others : But that would be, onely in the lesse important Arguments, and the Meaner Sort of Bookes: else distilled Bookes, are like...
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Class-book of Science and Literature

Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...not curiously ; and some few 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 in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of 1 A quotation from a series of poems under the name...
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...notes, oet down rather significantly than curiously." with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be only in the less important arguments,5 'nd the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...not curiously, and some few 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 in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...not curiously; and some few 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 in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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A Manual of Elocution Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice

M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...not curiously ; and some few 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 in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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Willson's Intermediate Fifth Reader: On the Original Plan of the School and ...

Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else, distilled books are, like common distilled...
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The Lakeside Monthly, Volume 4

Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 458 pages
...not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, with diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important and meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters —...
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The Young Ladies' Treasure Book: A Complete Cyclopędia of Practical ...

Almanacs - 1870 - 956 pages
...not curiously ; and some few 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 in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled...
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