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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 443
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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The London University Calendar

London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...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. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...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 be read only in...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...use : that is a wisdoir without them, and won by observation. Reac not to contradict, nor to believe, to be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a irmly...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...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 Reading maketh a full...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1846 - 506 pages
...swallowed, and some few to be chewed No. 31. [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,...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...charge that makes the feast." — Isaac Walton. MX. Books. — Read not to contradict and confute, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that is. some books are to be read only in parts ; others...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 20

1846 - 534 pages
...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. Some books also may...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, de them ; I have liv'd to-day. * Johnson's ' Ufe of Cowley.' to be swallowed, and юте few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only...
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The Wesleyan methodist association magazine, Volume 11

1848 - 614 pages
...and to confute," says Bacon, " 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 to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts...
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The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 1

1848 - 398 pages
...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. Some books also...
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