 | James Beattie - 1776 - 582 pages
...and fome few to be " chewed and digefted ?" — that is, as the Noble author explains it, " That fome are to " be read only in parts ; others to be read, " but not curioufly ; and fome few to be *' read wholly with diligence and attention ?" — a rule, which, if... | |
 | James Beattie - 1779 - 536 pages
...** and fome few to be chewed and digefted ?" that is, as the Noble author explains it, " That fome " are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, " but not curioufly ; and fome few to be read " wholly with diligence and attention ?" — a rule, which, if... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...books are 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... | |
 | James Beattie - 1790 - 460 pages
...Greek, Latin, and iV that deferve to be ftudied in this manner. For, as Bacon well obferve$, " fome books are to be read only " in parts ; others to be read, but not cu** rioufly | and fome few to be read whol" ly, with diligence and attention." There is much good... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1803 - 468 pages
...confider. Some Books are to be tailed, others to be fwallowed, and Come few to be 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. Reading maketh a lull... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...are to be tailed, others to be f wallowed, and forae 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 tu be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books alfo may be... | |
 | James Beattie - 1807 - 444 pages
...Latin, and English, that deserve to be studied in this accurate manner. For, as Bacon well observes, * some books are to be read only in parts ; others '...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... | |
 | James Beattie - 1809 - 406 pages
...swallowed, and some " few to 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 - 1811 - 428 pages
...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are...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, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...talk ami bat to weigh and consider. Some bm>b •re to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are...be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curkxuly ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to... 
