 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...simple men' . . admire', and wise men' . . use', them'; for they teach not their own use', but that is a wisdom without them and above them', won by observation'....Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe or take for granted'; nor to find matter merely for conversation'; but to weigh and consider'. Some... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....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... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. ^Iratl not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...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 - 1838 - 894 pages
...studies; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....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 - 1838 - 898 pages
...studies; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; norto find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom •without them, and above them, won by...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 lobe read only in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation....talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some i You ask too much in order to obtain a moderate boon. The precept is exemplified in the following... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...be profitable, must be something more than a mere " beggarly day-dreaming." " Read," says Bacon, " not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read... | |
 | 1841 - 532 pages
...be profitable, must be something more than a mere " beggarly day-dreaming." " Read," says Bacon, " not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read... | |
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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... 
