 | Graduated series - 1859 - Страниц: 462
...use them. Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - Страниц: 480
...form of the word. 8 ted at adducas, pondero, et judicio tuo aliqitatemu utaris. be swallowed,1 and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;2 but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - Страниц: 630
...their rules, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience — tor natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...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... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - Страниц: 416
...perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too...deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - Страниц: 372
...between the period and the semicolon. Ex.—" Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some...curiously ; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence."—Bacon. Exercises.—A wicked man, in his iniquitous plans, either fails or succeeds if... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - Страниц: 592
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marsflhing of affairs come best from those that are learned....not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - Страниц: 728
...are brought together into one view, and their consultation facilitated. others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the essay, to be addressed to students—... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - Страниц: 898
...spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make1 judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a...Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts mado of them by others ; but that would* be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort... | |
 | Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863 - Страниц: 60
...should be carefully remembered. He says, '' Read not to believe, and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...be read wholly and with diligence and attention." "Books," says Cowper, "are not seldom talismans and spells," often indeed to the ignorant and superstitious,... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - Страниц: 200
...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...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a... | |
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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... 
