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 Essays of Francis Bacon - Page 207by Francis Bacon - 1901 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...some few to be chewed and 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... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few tobe chewed and digested? that is , some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read but not curiously ; and...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... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some bookes are to be read only in parts ; others to be read but not curiously ; and...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some bookes als6 may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in the lesse... | |
| James Beattie - Ethics - 1807 - 444 pages
...to be studied in this accurate manner. For, as Bacon well observes, * some books are to be read only in parts ; others ' to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to * be read wholly, with diligence and attention.' There is much good sense in the following aphorism of the same great... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...to be swal:iowed, 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...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... | |
| Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...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...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... | |
| James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...be chewed and digested?" that is, as the noble author explains it, " That some are to be " read only in parts; others to be read, but not " curiously; and some few to be read wholly " with deligence and attention?" a rule, which, if duly attended to, would greatly promote the advancement... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 r diligenc.e and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...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... | |
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...others 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...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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