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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. "
Liber Cantabrigiensis, an account of the aids afforded to poor students, the ... - Page 38
by Robert Potts - 1855
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St ...

Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - Philosophy - 1733 - 658 pages
...fhould be tafted •, others fwallowed ; and fome few fhou'dbe chewed and digefted : That is, fome Books are to be read only in part; others to be read thorough, tho curforily •, and fome few to be read and ftudied, with Diligence and Attention. Some...
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Strictures on Religious Opinions: And the Best Human Means of Ascertaining ...

David Simpson - 1792 - 294 pages
...'others to be fwallowed, and fome few to " be chewed and digefted ; that is," continues he, " fome books are " to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curioully ; and " fome few to be read, wholly, and with diligence and attention." Thefe four are all...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...teach not their own use , but that is a wisdom without them , and above them , won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute , nor to believe 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 wholly, and with diligence...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...teach not their own use , but that is a wisdom without them , and above them , won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute /nor to believe and...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 read only in...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 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 .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...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 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...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...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...not what is their own use, but what is wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe 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 r diligenc.e...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe 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...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...again not only in his appetite and affection, but in his powers of wit and reason. LORD BACON. READ not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts,...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1814 - 254 pages
...to be tafled ; others to be fwallowed ; and fome few are to be chewed ind tligefled ; that is, fome books are to be read only in part ; others to be read, but not curioufly ; and fome lew to read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 4. Some bocks alfo may be...
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