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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ... - Page 451
by Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 644 pages
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Essays of British Essayists; Including Biographical and Critical Studies

Chaunc Starkweather - 2006 - 436 pages
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Rising in the World, Or Architects of Fate

Orison Swett Marden - 2006 - 553 pages
...more valuable than the axe. Bacon says : " 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 1 others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention....
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From Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry A. Beers - 2007 - 300 pages
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

W. H. D. Rouse - 2007 - 252 pages
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1 + 1 = 1: The Greatest Equation Ever Written

E. Dale Dickson - 2007 - 170 pages
...use them. Read not to contradict and confute; not to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books...others to be read but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready...
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Democracy, and Other Addresses

James Russell Lowell - 2007 - 268 pages
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The City

Kathryn Hinds - 2008 - 88 pages
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Teen Success!: Ideas to Move Your Mind

Beatrice Josephine Elyé - 2007 - 240 pages
...experiences. Teen Success! Words of Wisdom Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. — Francis Bacon Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes...
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Building a Culture of Literacy Month-by-month

Hilarie Davis - 2008 - 211 pages
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The Athlete's Way: Sweat and the Biology of Bliss

Christopher Bergland - 2007 - 406 pages
...OSTRICH APPROACH: READ AND DIGEST FOOD LABELS Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. SIR FRANCIS BACON I always get a sweet tooth after biking in the cold. There is nothing better than...
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