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A Course of Legal Study: Respectfully Addressed to the Students of Law in ... - Page vii
by David Hoffman - 1817 - 383 pages
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St ...

Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - Philosophy - 1733 - 658 pages
...fhould be tafted •, others fwallowed ; and fome few fhou'dbe chewed and digefted : That is, fome Books are to be read only in part; others to be read thorough, tho curforily •, and fome few to be read and ftudied, with Diligence and Attention. Some...
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Strictures on Religious Opinions: And the Best Human Means of Ascertaining ...

David Simpson - 1792 - 294 pages
...'others to be fwallowed, and fome few to " be chewed and digefted ; that is," continues he, " fome books are " to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curioully ; and " fome few to be read, wholly, and with diligence and attention." Thefe four are all...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...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 parts ; others io be read , but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...but to weigh and consider^,, Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed, and some few tobe 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...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...discourse, but.to weigh and ,, consider. ' ; Some'.books are to'be tasted, others to be swal:iowed, 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...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...and discourse, but to weigji 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 parts ; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly ; and with r diligenc.e...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others 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...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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 parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1814 - 254 pages
...to be tafled ; others to be fwallowed ; and fome few are to be chewed ind tligefled ; that is, fome books are to be read only in part ; others to be read, but not curioufly ; and fome lew to read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 4. Some bocks alfo may be...
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