 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...to be tasted, other to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books arc to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Scm3 books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others: but that would be only... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...CCLXL All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich. — Lavatcr. CCLXIL Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. — Lord Bacon. CCLXIIL The true art of being agreeable, is to appear well pleased with all the company,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only iu parts ; others to be read — but not curiously ;...Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts of them made by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would4 be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | 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...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others 3 ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...word. VOL. VI. KK to weigh and consider.1 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed2, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others 3 ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...use them. Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...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... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1860 - 740 pages
...discourse, but •*,o 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...them by others ; but that would be only in the less iniportent arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...form of the word. 8 ted at adducas, pondero, et judicio tuo aliqitatemu utaris. be swallowed,1 and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;2 but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...their rules, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — tor natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would4 be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books... | |
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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... 
