 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pagina’s
...talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 7. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others: but that should be in... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pagina’s
...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...books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pagina’s
...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...else distilled books are like common distilled waters — flashly things." Now, whatever amount of reading there may be in our day, we think the wisdom of... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pagina’s
...swallowed, and some few to be 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. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man. — Lord Bacon. IX. Laws... | |
 | 1846 - 502 pagina’s
...Bacon has said, 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.' This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the essay, to be addressed to students—to... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pagina’s
...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. .... Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pagina’s
...said, that, although some books may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others, that should be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; " else," he adds, " distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things." This is in his essay entitled... | |
 | 1846 - 506 pagina’s
...sufficient to quote Mr. Craik's Introduction : — " Bacon has himself said, that, although some books may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others, that should be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; ' else,' he adds,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pagina’s
...BACON; HIS WRITINGS, AND HIS PHILOSOPHY. INTRODUCTION. BACON has himself said, that, although some books may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others, that should be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; " else," he adds,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...юте 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...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things, ¡leading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing аи exact man ; and, therefore, if... | |
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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. 
