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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ... - Page 189
by Francis Bacon - 1857 - 367 pages
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Études littéraires ou cours complet de littérature anglaise

Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...books are tobe tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be che\\ed 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. « Reading maketh a full...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 107

1903 - 664 pages
...does not perceptibly differ from a passage in one of Bacon's 'Essays.' The philosopher wrote: "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." I am not sufficiently...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...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 attei. tion. Some books also may...
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Desultoria: The Recovered Mss. of an Eccentric

1850 - 230 pages
...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 — some books also, may...
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Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Best ...

Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...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. Some books 25 also, may...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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. Some books also may be...
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The People's Medical Journal, and Family Physician, Issue 1512, Volume 1

1850 - 694 pages
...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. — Bacon. PLEASURE is...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...Some books are to be tasted, 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 cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. " f Histories make men...
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Horæ vacivæ, a thought-book of the wise spirits of all ages and all ...

Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...to be fwallowed, and fome few to be digefted. That is, fome books are to be read * Pro.verbs xiv. 6. only in parts, others to be read but not curioufly...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Hiftories make men wife,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...books are to be tasted, others to bo 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 without diligence and attention. Some books, also,...
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