 | Robert Potts - 1855 - Страниц: 588
...transacting private business, and corresponding with friends and acquaintance.—Quintilian. 140. Head not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...digested; that is, some books are to. be read only in part; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.—Bacon.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - Страниц: 472
...equally serious study. " Some books," says Lord Bacon, "are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...be read wholly and with diligence and attention." The character of the book, then, must determine our mode of reading it, and this is consequently the... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 396
...talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, other to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Seme books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others : but that would be only... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - Страниц: 406
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned....only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; 2 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - Страниц: 562
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make2 judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected...only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 374
...CCLXL All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich. — Lavatcr. CCLXIL Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. — Lord Bacon. CCLXIIL The true art of being agreeable, is to appear well pleased with all the company,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - Страниц: 466
...observation. Read, — not to contradict and refute, not to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, — but to weigh and consider. Some...digested: that is, some books are to be read only iu parts ; others to be read — but not curiously ; and some few, to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - Страниц: 578
...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Bead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;3 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - Страниц: 790
...word. VOL. VI. К К to weigh and consider.1 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed 2, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others 3 ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - Страниц: 792
...word. VOL. VI. KK to weigh and consider.1 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed2, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others 3 ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled... | |
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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... 
