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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors - Page 237
by Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 432 pages
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...to believe, but to weigh and consider. I[ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some...are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but cursorily; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. H Reading maketh a full...
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Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages

David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:3 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously [carelessly]; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625,...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...to be Swallowed, and Some Few to be Chewed and Digested: That is, some Bookes are to be read onely in Parts; Others to be read but not Curiously; And some Few to be 25 read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention. Some Bookes also may be read by Deputy, and Extracts...
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Restitutional Surgery of the Ear and Temporal Bone

M. E. Wigand - Ear - 2001 - 404 pages
...Surgery Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK Preface Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in "Essays" Otological surgery developed from the general surgical approach...
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The Deadly Conference

Sonia Laser - Fiction - 2001 - 216 pages
...read to you what Francis Bacon once wrote. 'Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...be read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention'," George said and he put the book down. "I hope that in your next book you can simplify your explanations....
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The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640

William James Bouwsma - History - 2002 - 328 pages
...the problem of selectivity. "Some books," he advised, "are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." Like many modern critics, Montaigne saw the possibility of diverse readings of the same text, which...
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Authors' Famous Recipes and Reflections on Food

Diane E. Holloway - 2002 - 325 pages
...sliced cucumbers with oil, vinegar, dill "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. "Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Forfar Bridies Pasties and meat pies are traditional English fare but the...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...to believe, but to weigh and consider.0 U Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some...are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but cursorily; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. U Reading maketh a full...
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Grammatica elementare della lingua inglese: morfologia con temi, dialoghi ...

L. Piccoli Calvi - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 300 pages
...prefissi e suffissi, che si possono dividere:fishing-rod, un-necessary, hope-ful. Dictation OF STUDIES Read not to contradict, and confute; nor to believe...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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英汉互译实践与技巧

许建平 - Chinese language - 2003 - 388 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and con fute ; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talks and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by 2 坞英汉互译实践与技巧(...
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