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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age - Page 152
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
..."others to iiTswallowed, amTsome few to Ъе chewed and digested V that is, some books are to be read éficience, that it is not known how much of them is verity, and how much vanity. The and_wi(h diligence and attention. Some books also птцу be read by deputy, and extracta made of...
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The People's Medical Journal, and Family Physician, Issue 1512, Volume 1

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 books are to be read only in parts : others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Best ...

Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...and discourse, but to weigh 20 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 read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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 be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...contradict nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. " ' Some books are to be tasted, others 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 cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence...
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Desultoria: The Recovered Mss. of an Eccentric

Eccentric literature - 1850 - 230 pages
...possess one, I 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 be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...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 be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to bt read wholly, and with...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...and discourse, bat to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to bo 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 without...
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...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 be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly and with...
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...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 be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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