 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. Some books...  A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed - Page 114edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be would4 be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...but to weigh and consider. Some books are to bo tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would4 be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 pages
...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...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Beading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man : and, therefore, if a... | |
 | F. Peel - English language - 1874 - 144 pages
...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...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference, a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1874 - 468 pages
...MAKKHAM. CONCISE STYLE. Studies. — 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...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 write... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...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...are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man : and, therefore, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...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...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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1874 - 458 pages
...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...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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