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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age - Page 152
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 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 ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 378 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 Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 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 ; 2 and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, -fand 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 ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with...
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Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practical Lessons ...

George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...conscionable.—,M AKHIIAM, CONCISE STYLE. Studies.—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 Pupil-teacher: A Monthly Journal of Practical Educational ..., Volume 3

1857 - 400 pages
...be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to he read wholly, aud with diligence and attention. — Lord Bacon. IGNORANCE. — It is impossible to...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 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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Brief Longhand: A System of Longhand Contractions, by Means of which the ...

Andrew Jackson Graham - Shorthand - 1857 - 88 pages
...tsntkwthdthnk. [:]— Bacon. KET. STUDIES. 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 b3 read wholly, and with...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

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 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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