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" 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 attention. "
The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ... - Page 133
by English instructor - 1801 - 258 pages
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There's Room for Me Here: Literacy Workshop in the Middle School

Janet Allen, Kyle Gonzalez - Language arts (Middle school) - 1998 - 256 pages
...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 attention. Francis Bacon For many of us, the joy of finding the right book and the time to settle in and read...
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新英语教程: 阅读, Volume 2

1999 - 324 pages
...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...read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. @ Of Studies, Francis Bacon...
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The Key to "The Name of the Rose": Including Translations of All Non-English ...

Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, Robert J. White - History - 1999 - 204 pages
...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 attention. Francis Bacon: Of Studies The Name of the Rose by any other name might have been called the "Apocalypse...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...chewed and digested. That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but cursorily; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. H Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...but not Curiously; And some Few to be 25 read wholly, and with Diligence and Attention. Some Bookes also may be read by Deputy, and Extracts made of them by Others: But that would be, onely in the lesse important Arguments, and the Meaner Sort of Bookes: else distilled Bookes,...
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Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages

David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously [carelessly]; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:4 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready...
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Restitutional Surgery of the Ear and Temporal Bone

M. E. Wigand - Ear - 2001 - 404 pages
...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 attention. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in "Essays" Otological surgery developed from the general surgical approach...
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The Deadly Conference

Sonia Laser - Fiction - 2001 - 216 pages
...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 Attention'," George said and he put the book down. "I hope that in your next book you can simplify your explanations....
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Authors' Famous Recipes and Reflections on Food

Diane E. Holloway - 2002 - 325 pages
...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 attention. "Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Forfar Bridies Pasties and meat pies are traditional English fare but the...
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The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640

William James Bouwsma - History - 2002 - 328 pages
...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 attention." Like many modern critics, Montaigne saw the possibility of diverse readings of the same text, which...
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