 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.  A Book of English Literature - Pàgina 114editat per - 1916 - 889 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pàgines
...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 be...books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pàgines
...above them, won by observation. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested — that is, some books are to...else distilled books are like common distilled waters — flashly things." Now, whatever amount of reading there may be in our day, we think the wisdom of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pàgines
...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 be...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... | |
 | 1846 - 502 pàgines
...map brought together into in small compass of "s-* more than such a mere imi Essay Bacon has said, chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.' This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the essay, to be addressed to students—... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and юте few to be : Lo ¡leading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing аи exact man ; and, therefore, if... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pàgines
...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." * We suppose the Courts of law, held in Westminster Hall, are meant. ED. t Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, in"... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pàgines
...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attei. tion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact irian ; and, therefore, if... | |
 | 1850 - 230 pàgines
...do not deny, inasmuch as " some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; . that is, some books are to...are like common distilled waters, flashy things." SEPT. 12th. — Once again have I visited the rock of dear memory and past exalted thought,— again... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pàgines
...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...the less important arguments, and the meaner sort c of books: else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pàgines
...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 be...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... | |
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