 | 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...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention ". As I have said before no one needs a guide to the great books, which should be read wholly or in... | |
 | 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." Practical as this advice might appear, the underlying premise is that value may be found in that which... | |
 | Robert Barrass - Business & Economics - 1995 - 212 pages
...nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. . . . some books are to be read only in parts; others to...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. In As You Like It, written in 1601, William Shakespeare wrote some of the best-known lines in the English... | |
 | 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...to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention . . . Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 4 In Bacon we find... | |
 | 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon For many of us, the joy of finding the right book and the time to settle in and read... | |
 | 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...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. @ Of Studies, Francis Bacon... | |
 | 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon: Of Studies The Name of the Rose by any other name might have been called the "Apocalypse... | |
 | M. E. Wigand - Ear - 2001 - 404 pages
...Surgery Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK Preface 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 (1561-1626) in "Essays" Otological surgery developed from the general surgical approach... | |
 | Diane E. Holloway - 2002 - 325 pages
...sliced cucumbers with oil, vinegar, dill "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. "Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Forfar Bridies Pasties and meat pies are traditional English fare but the... | |
 | Sonia Laser - Fiction - 2001 - 216 pages
...read to you what Francis Bacon once wrote. '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'," George said and he put the book down. "I hope that in your next book you can simplify your explanations.... | |
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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... 
