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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ... - Page 611
by Henry Norman Hudson - 1881
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The English Journal of Education, Volumes 8-9

1854 - 886 pages
...digested ; that is, some books aru to be read only in parts ; others to be ro»L but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. - Bacon's Essay " Of Studies." the complete subjugation of the most warlike nation of Europe : it is...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

1855 - 602 pages
...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiousry ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if...
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A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation: Designed for Letter Writers, Authors ...

John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...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...Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts of them made by others; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort...
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The Student: a magazine of theology, literature, and science

1844 - 1128 pages
...others to be '< but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and •blion. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them Bothers ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the -'met sort of books; else...
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The Medals of Creation, Or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of ...

Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1844 - 508 pages
...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."— LOED BACON'S ESSATS. ANXIOUS that the " COURTEOUS HEADER"* should derive from this work all the information...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 201

1894 - 856 pages
...and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to bo read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." It is fair to say that there will be a great saving of time, if the number of books which require to...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...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...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...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ..., Volume 19

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 pages
...flashes Suck all the moisture up, then turn to ashes. Carew. Лп Elegy upon the Death of Dr. Donne. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be, onely in the lesse important arguments, and the meaner sort of books : else distilled books are like...
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...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...
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English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ...

Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pages
...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...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...
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