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. Selections for Oral Reading - Page 21edited by - 1914 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...contradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted ,..., 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 and attention.... | |
| 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...wholly , and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that should be only in the less... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 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...read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some bookes also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 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...read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some bookes also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in... | |
| James Beattie - Ethics - 1807 - 444 pages
...Latin, and English, that deserve to be studied in this accurate manner. For, as Bacon well observes, * some books are to be read only in parts ; others '...not curiously ; and some few to * be read wholly, with diligence and attention.' There is much good sense in the following aphorism of the same great... | |
| 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...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less... | |
| 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...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 in the less... | |
| James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...swallowed, and some " few to be chewed and digested?" that is, as the noble author explains it, " That some are to be " read only in parts; others to be read,...but not " curiously; and some few to be read wholly " with deligence and attention?" a rule, which, if duly attended to, would greatly promote the advancement... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...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;... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...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 in the less... | |
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