 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 pages
...Simpkin, fyc. 1843. " Some books," says Lord Bacon, " 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." The present volume is one which may justly be said to belong to the first two classes of books. It... | |
 | 1842 - 570 pages
...read with equal care. Lord Bacon says, '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.' No rule is deeper laid in common sense than this. Whoever has run over, with an attentive eye, and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...observation. Head — not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse — but to weigh and consider. Some...with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts of them made by others; but that should be only in the less important... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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...be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiousry ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books, also, may... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 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...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 important... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 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...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 important... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...of it :— 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...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 a man... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...of it :— 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...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be retd wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...them, and above them, won by observation. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested — that is, some...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 important... | |
 | 1846 - 502 pages
...map brought together into in small compass of "s-* more than such a mere imi Essay Bacon has said, chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be...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—... | |
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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 digested ; that is, some books are to... 
