 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 85by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...what is their own use, but what is wis•:;. dom without them, anB- above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for grant, ed ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may he read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and, confute,. nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously , and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe...discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe...to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts... | |
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