 | 1838 - 272 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. LORD BACON. HE that wants... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. " If Some books are to be tasted, others 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. " If Histories make men... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...chewed and digested ; that is, some books 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 Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave,... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 274 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested; that is, some books are to be read only...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... | |
 | 1839 - 630 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be «wallowed, and some few to be 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. Reading... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...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 lobe read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...as much as I wanted and more than I expected." books are to he tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1840 - 414 pages
...read wilh 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...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.1 No rule is deeper laid in common sense than this. Whoever has run over, with an attentive... | |
 | 1840 - 416 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, bat not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.' Ño rule is... | |
 | 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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. The same may be pretty generally said of the different portions of the same work. Much care and circumspection... | |
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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. 
