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Lowell Leaflets: Poems and Prose Passages from the Works of James Russell ... - Page 44
by James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 98 pages
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...; 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 extrafts made of them by others ; but that fiiould be only in the lefs...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...digested ; that is , some books are to be read only in parts ; others io be read , but 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 should be only in the less important arguments , and...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that should be only in the less important arguments , and...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...digested : that is, some bookes 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 bookes also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...digested : that is, some bookes 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 bookes also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...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...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...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...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...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...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...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...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. IBID. READING raaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...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...
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