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" 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. "
The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education - Page 276
1855
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...books are to 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...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man. — Lord Bacon. IX. Laws...
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English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ...

Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...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...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volumes 1-2

Civilization - 1846 - 506 pages
...and some few to be chewed No. 31. [KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE.] Q and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but...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—...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 20

1846 - 534 pages
...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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...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 retd wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...tasted, others to be swallowed, and юте few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are tain the light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as death,...cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only...
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The Wesleyan methodist association magazine, Volume 11

1848 - 614 pages
...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...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"...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in part ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, 01 extracts of them may be made by others ; but that should...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 107

Electronic journals - 1903 - 664 pages
...perceptibly differ from a passage in one of Bacon's 'Essays.' The philosopher wrote: "Some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." I am not sufficiently familiar with cryptograms to point out where this pregnant suggestion occurs...
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Études littéraires ou cours complet de littérature anglaise

Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...tobe tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be che\\ed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. « Reading maketh a full man, conférence a ready man, and \vriting an exact man ; and, therefore,...
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