 | Theology - 1841 - 524 pages
...be profitable, must be something more than a mere " beggarly day-dreaming." " Read," says Bacon, " not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...be profitable, must be something more than a mere " beggarly day-dreaming." " Read," says Bacon, " not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 532 pages
...be profitable, must be something more than a mere " beggarly day-dreaming." " Read," says Bacon, " not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read... | |
 | WILLIAM SMYTH - 1841 - 480 pages
...parts, that they are therefore read superficially. Some books (says my Lord Bacon), are to be tasted, 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. The same... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 pages
...Simpkin, fyc. 1843. " Some books," says Lord Bacon, " 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." The present... | |
 | 1842 - 570 pages
...read with equal care. Lord Bacon says, 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some 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.' No rule... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...conversation'; but to weigh and consider'. Some books arc to be tasted'; others', to be swallowed" ; and some few', to be chewed and digested'; that is', some books are to be only glanced at'; others' . . are to be read', but not critically'; and somey°etc' . . are to be read... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...they teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiousry ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books,... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Head — not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...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. Some books... | |
 | American periodicals - 1894 - 856 pages
...upon stndies, puts the matter clearly: '•SomQ 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 bo read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." It is... | |
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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... 
