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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. "
Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 364
by James Beattie - 1809
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The Interpretation of the Bible

Bible - 1844 - 132 pages
...Bacon, 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 to be read, but not with much curiosity, and some few to be read wholly, with diligence, attention and profound thought....
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...granted, or to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be read only in part; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 7. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 20

1846 - 534 pages
...to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested โ€” 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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volumes 1-2

Civilization - 1846 - 506 pages
...swallowed, and some few to be chewed No. 31. [KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE.] Q 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.' This must be understood, from the title and whole strain of the...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...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 to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an...
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English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ...

Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...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 Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...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 retd wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and ัŽั‚ะต few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books ntertain the light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than pala and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...
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