 | 1839 - 662 pages
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 | 1894 - 856 pages
...upon stndies, puts the matter clearly: '•SomQ 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 bo read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." It is... | |
 | 1844 - 132 pages
...meditation. Some books, says Lord Bacon, are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not with much curiosity, and some few to be read wholly, with diligence, attention and profound thought.... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...THE CHOICE OF BOOKS. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be - *td and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be '< but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and •blion. Some books... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...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... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...granted, or to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 7. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others: but that should be in... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pages
...teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...much out of his reputation. . . . The Fiftieth is entitled " Of Studies ;" here is part of it :— Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...much out of his reputation. . . . The Fiftieth is entitled " Of Studies ;'"here is part of it :— Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be retd wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...them, and above them, won by observation. 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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only... | |
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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... 
