 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...  A Study of the Types of Literature - Page 340by Mabel Irene Rich - 1921 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...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..., some books are to be read only in parts ; others io be read , but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...admire them , aud 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...and consider^,, Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed, and some few tobe chewed and digested? that is , some books are to be read only in... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigji and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others...be read .only in parts ; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not...be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly ; and with r diligenc.e and attention. Some books also may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...these again not only in his appetite and affection, but in his powers of wit and reason. LORD BACON. READ not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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...be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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...be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be... | |
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