 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 - Pagina 93geredigeerd door - 1870 - 477 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1848 - 614 pagina’s
...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." * We suppose the Courts of law, held in Westminster Hall, are meant. ED. t Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, in"... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pagina’s
...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach. not their own...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attei. tion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pagina’s
...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Йоте books arc to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and rved with their eyes fixed upon the stars ; but, ae...Let me know fully, therefore, the effect Of this thy meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pagina’s
...weigh and consider. Some books are tobe tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be che\\ed and digested : that is, some books are to be read...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. « Reading maketh a full man, conférence a ready man, and \vriting an exact man ; and, therefore,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pagina’s
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pagina’s
...give forth directions too much at^Jarge, except they be bounded in by experience, r Crafty men condemn studies: simple men admire them ; and wise men use...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort c of books: else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading... | |
 | 1850 - 230 pagina’s
...possess one, I do not deny, inasmuch as " some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; . that is, some...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things." SEPT.... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pagina’s
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh 20 and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books 25 also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the... | |
 | 1850 - 694 pagina’s
...treatment of consumption in our next. BOOKS. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. — Bacon. PLEASURE is like the delicate flower, whose odour, if you inhale too much of it, loses all... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pagina’s
...to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, bat to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted,...not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them... | |
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