 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 Seiten
...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...only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books : else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 Seiten
...tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are lobe read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously;...only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 Seiten
...wanted and more than I expected." books are to he tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be...only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1840 - 414 Seiten
...wilh equal care. Lord Bacon says, 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.1 No rule is deeper laid in common sense than this. Whoever has run over, with an attentive... | |
 | WILLIAM SMYTH - 1841 - 480 Seiten
...are therefore read superficially. Some books (says my Lord Bacon), are to be tasted, some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. The same may be pretty generally said of the different portions of the same work. Much care and circumspection... | |
 | 1842 - 570 Seiten
...with equal care. Lord Bacon says, 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.' No rule is deeper laid in common sense than this. Whoever has run over, with an attentive eye, and... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 Seiten
...1843. " Some books," says Lord Bacon, " are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." The present volume is one which may justly be said to belong to the first two classes of books. It... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 Seiten
...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...only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books ; else, distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...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...only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh... | |
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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 parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 
