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Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 540
by James Beattie - 1776 - 555 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...fwallowed, and feme few tq he chewed and digefted i that is, fome Bookj are to be read only in parts i others to be read, but not curioufly •, and fome few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Eookf alfomay be read by Deputy, and Extracts made of them by...
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Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and ...

James Beattie - 1779 - 536 pages
...book, but thofe books only that may mend the heart, improve the tafte, and enlarge the underftanding ? Might they not be made fenfible of the importance...true learning, and the pleafure and profit of the ftudent. Might not a young man be taught to fet a proper value on good compofitions, and to entertain...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...to be tafted, others to be fwallowed, and fome few to be chewed and digefted ; that is, fome books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read but not curioufly ; and fome few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books alfo may be read by deputy, and extrafts made of them...
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Elements of Moral Science, Volume 1

James Beattie - 1790 - 460 pages
...Latin, and iV that deferve to be ftudied in this manner. For, as Bacon well obferve$, " fome books are to be read only " in parts ; others to be read, but not cu** rioufly | and fome few to be read whol" ly, with diligence and attention." There is much good...
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Elements of general knowledge: introductory to useful books in the principal ...

Henry Kett - 1803 - 468 pages
...Some Books are to be tailed, others to be fwallowed, and Come few to be digefted ; that is, fome Books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curioufly ; and fome few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a lull man, conference a ready man, and writing an...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...to be tasted , others to be swallowed, and some few tobe 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. Some books also may...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...to be tailed, others to be f wallowed, and forae few to be chewed and digefted : that is, fome books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curioufly; and fome few tu be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books alfo may be read by deputy, and extra*'-!...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some bookes 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 bookes also may...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some bookes 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 bookes also may...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...to'be tasted, others to be swal:iowed, 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. Some books also may be...
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