 | Periodicals - 1838 - 274 pages
...following tables resolve this problem, and require no explanation. 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... | |
 | 1838 - 544 pages
...no explanation. 100 11 "89 11 7i u "67 _П "56 П. 23 ri Ï2 11 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... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...observation. 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 lobe read only in... | |
 | John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...charge that makes the feast." — Isaac Walton. LIX. Soaks. — 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... | |
 | 1839 - 656 pages
...the fire, Which pierced them «till with its triumphal ipirc." READ not to contradict and confute, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to i he swallowed, and some few to be digested ; that i», some books are to be read only in parís... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 512 pages
...use : that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, 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... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 532 pages
...says Bacon, " 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...swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read at all ; for it can scarcely be doubted that an indiscriminate... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...says Bacon, " 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...swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read at all ; for it can scarcely be doubted that an indiscriminate... | |
 | Theology - 1841 - 524 pages
...says Bacon, " 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...swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." It might be added, many are not to be read at all ; for it can scarcely be doubted that an indiscriminate... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1843 - 520 pages
...use : that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, 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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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... 
