 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...  The Christian's Penny Magazine - Page 561832Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Head — not to contradict and confute, nor to believe 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...use : that is a wisdom without them, and won hy observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted ; others to be swallowed, — and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...use : that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted ; others to be swallowed, — and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....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... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...experience. 6. Read not to contradict and refute, or to believe and take for 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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute;...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...much out of his reputation. . . . The Fiftieth is entitled " Of Studies ;" here is part of it :— Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...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... | |
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them won by observation....and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...use : that is a wisdoir without them, and won by observation. Reac not to contradict, nor to believe, to be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a irmly... | |
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