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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. Some... "
Choice Specimens of English Literature - Page 93
edited by - 1870 - 477 pages
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...some few to be chewed and digested ; that is , some books are to be read only in parts ; others io be read , but not curiously ; and some few to be read...deputy , and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments , and the meaner sort of books ; elss distilled books...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...but to weigh and consider^,, Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed, and some few tobe chewed and digested? that is , some books are to be...deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that should be only in the less important arguments , and the meaner sorts of books ; else distilled books...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...discourse, but.to weigh and ,, consider. ' ; Some'.books are to'be tasted, others to be swal:iowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;; that is, some...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigji and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...simpl e men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....curiously; and some few to be read wholly ; and with r diligenc.e and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. IBID. READING raaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...them too much for ornament., is- affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...
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A Course of Legal Study: Respectfully Addressed to the Students of Law in ...

David Hoffman - 1817 - 398 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...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books." But whilst the student is judicious in his selection, there is another consideration...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...
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