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Literature, its rise, progress, fortunes and advantages, an address - Page 21
by Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...observation. Read not to 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 to be swallowed, and some few tobe chewed and digested? that is , some books are to be read only in...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...LORD BACON. READ not to 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 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 Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...vvisedome without them : and aboue them wonne by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to be'eeue, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and disgested. That is, some bookes are to be read only...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...wisedome without them : and aboue them wonne »by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to be.ccue, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and disgcstcd. That is, some bookes arc to be read only...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...observation. Read not to 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 to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and diJ$<iell souls, pursuits, furniture. How may some verbs...
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A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and ..., Volume 2

Alexander Jamieson - 1829 - 654 pages
...use them. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to beliere and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, bat not curiously ; and some few to he read wholly, and with...
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The Christian's Penny Magazine, Issues 1-82

1832 - 670 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some hooks are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 65

1837 - 608 pages
...use : that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 12-13

1838 - 544 pages
...no explanation. 100 11 "89 11 7i u "67 _П "56 П. 23 ri Ï2 11 READ not to contradict and confute, 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 in parts, others...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 12

1838 - 274 pages
...following tables resolve this problem, and require no explanation. READ not to contradict and confute, 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 in parts, others...
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