 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.  Works - Page viiiby Francis Bacon - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...word. VOL. VI. К К to weigh and consider.1 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed 2, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...them; foi they teach not their own use : that is a wisdorr without them, and won by observation. Reac / to be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready... | |
 | Library Association - Bibliography - 1907 - 850 pages
...summed up by Bacon when he told us that " some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...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 ". As I have said before... | |
 | Eugene Chen Eoyang - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 370 pages
...books comes from Bacon's essay "Of Studies": "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is. some...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." Practical as this... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously' [that is to say, not overcarefully], 'and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Samuel R. Delany - Fiction - 1996 - 396 pages
...men admire them; and wise men use them . . . Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...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... | |
 | 1909 - 498 pages
...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...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. Reading maketh a full man,... | |
 | Janet Allen, Kyle Gonzalez - Language arts (Middle school) - 1998 - 256 pages
...Independent Reading in the Literacy Workshop Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...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. Francis Bacon For... | |
 | 1999 - 324 pages
...Practice IX. Recite the following quotations. 1.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...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... | |
 | Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, Robert J. White - History - 1999 - 204 pages
...Those Who Have Finished THE NAME OF THE ROSE Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...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. Francis Bacon: Of... | |
| |
