 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some hooks are to be read only in parts ; others to be read,...read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some hooka also may be read by deputy, aud extracts made of them by others; but that would only be in the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and atter. tion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own...extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are tobe tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only the lees important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else disiilled books are, like common distilled... | |
 | English essays - 1835 - 736 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read in some parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others." If this was judicious and useful advice, at a time when books were comparatively few — rari nantes... | |
 | Periodicals - 1838 - 274 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. LORD BACON. HE that wants... | |
 | Periodicals - 1838 - 272 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. LORD BACON. HE that wants... | |
 | John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested; that is, some books are to be read only...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. — Lord Bacon. IX Laws... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - Medicine - 1840 - 414 pages
...read wilh equal care. Lord Bacon says, 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.1 No rule is deeper laid in common sense than this. Whoever has run over, with an attentive... | |
 | WILLIAM SMYTH - 1841 - 480 pages
...parts, that they are therefore read superficially. Some books (says my Lord Bacon), are to be tasted, some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. The same may be pretty generally said of the different portions of the same work. Much care and circumspection... | |
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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... 
