 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...to be Swallowed, and Some Few to be Chewed and Digested: That is, some Bookes are to be read onely in Parts ; Others to be read but not Curiously ; And...read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention. Some Bookes also may be read by Deputy, and Extracts made of them by Others: But that would be, onely in... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English language - 1870 - 380 pages
...contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their use ; bat that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. It is still read with pleasure : the style is pure and flowing ; the classical quotations and allusions... | |
 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), Charles J. Gadway - Academic achievement - 1973 - 286 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, 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. . . Reading maketh a full man; . . .therefore, . . .if [a man] read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Charles J. Gadway, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project) - Academic achievement - 1973 - 178 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, 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. . . Reading maketh a full man; . . .therefore, . . .if [a man] read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Charles J. Gadway, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project) - Academic achievement - 1973 - 238 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, 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. . . Reading maketh a full man; . . . therefore, ... if [a man] read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Charles J. Gadway, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project) - Academic achievement - 1973 - 118 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention . . . Reading maketh a full man; . . . therefore, ... if [a man] read little, he had need have much... | |
 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project) - Academic achievement - 1973 - 198 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, 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. . . Reading maketh a full man; . . .therefore, . . .if [a man] read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), Charles J. Gadway - Academic achievement - 1973 - 168 pages
...his essay, "Of Studies," Francis Bacon said, 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. . . Reading maketh a full man; . . .therefore, . . .if [a man] read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Brittany (France) - 1898 - 788 pages
...be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but nol curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with...made of them by others ; but that would be only in thé less important arguments, and thé meaner sort of books : else distilled books are, like common... | |
 | English language - 1987 - 508 pages
...Countermeasures Mary Bryden Aston University 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. — Francis Bacon, "Of Studies" EFL teachers may take heartt that the alltoo-frequent sight of their... | |
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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... 
