 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...  Bacon's Essays - Page 491by Francis Bacon - 1884 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...Bacon says, "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." And George Withers : " For many books I caro... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...observation. - Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk on( to be swallowed, • and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, • some books are to be read... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, not 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 be read only in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 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 digested : that is, some books are to be read only in... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...observation. Bead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ; not 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 be read only in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 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 digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 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 digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...observation. Bead 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 be read only in... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...IMPROVE BY. — 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 be read only in... | |
 | William Lovett - 1853 - 496 pages
...READING. * " 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." — BACON. " Bring -with thee the books."... | |
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