 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...them; for they teach not their own use : that is a wisdoir without them, and won by observation. Reac /d/ %$' 7. '{$ / -7/ to be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a irmly... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...wise men learn by observation. Read not to contradict and refute, not to believe and take for granted, 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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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... 
