 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 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 attei. tion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...weigh and consider. Some 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. « Reading maketh a full man, conférence a ready man, and \vriting an exact man ; and, therefore,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 664 pages
...which 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." I am not sufficiently familiar with cryptograms to point out where this pregnant suggestion occurs... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh 20 and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books 25 also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the... | |
 | 1850 - 694 pages
...treatment of consumption in our next. BOOKS. 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. — Bacon. PLEASURE is like the delicate flower, whose odour, if you inhale too much of it, loses all... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...to be chewed and digested : that is, some 3ooks are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, mt ay, where, if his corn sell well, he thinks he may...sensible of no calamity but the burning a stack of corn, зу others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, bat to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted,...not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to bt read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them... | |
| |
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... 
