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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ... - Page 133
by English instructor - 1801 - 258 pages
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...find talk and discourse, but to 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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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 20

1846 - 534 pages
...some few to be chewed and 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...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are...
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English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ...

Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pages
...and some few to be chewed and 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...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...swallowed, and some few to be 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. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man. — Lord Bacon. IX. Laws...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...and some few to be chewed and 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 Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1846 - 506 pages
...[KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE.] Q and 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.' This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the essay, to be addressed to students—...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...BACON; HIS WRITINGS, AND HIS PHILOSOPHY. INTRODUCTION. BACON has himself said, that, although some books may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others, that should be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; " else," he adds,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...юте few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to rb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage, more...o'er \Vith Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasur would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books...
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The Fourth Reader: Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking. Designed for the ...

Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pages
...some books are to be only glanced at, others are to be read, but not critically ; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention....Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts received from them which are made by others ; bat they should be only the meaner sort of books, and...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...and with diligence' and attention1. Some books also may be read by deputy1, and extracts of them made by others'; but that should be only in the less' important arguments, and the meaner1 sort of books ; else distilled' books1 are like common1 distilled1 waters' — flashy' things1....
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