 ... 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...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 41872 - 534 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and in the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies exercise... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of hooks ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. TIIE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...waters, flashy things.8 Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man.4 And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave;6 logic and rhetoric able to contend.6 Abeunt a/ n</i,, in mores. [The studies pass into the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 pages
...some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. — LORD BACON. Elteratl. ATTAINMENTS OF LINGUISTS. TAKING the very highest estimate which has been... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...confer little, he had 1 This Essay, first printed in 1597, was enlarged in 1612, and again in 1626. need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 pages
...that is some books are to be read only in parts others to be read but not curiously and some few to ba read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some...little he had need have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not.—BACON. NERVOUS STYLE. On the Impeachment of Warren Hastings.—In the course of... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. THE PERFECT ORATOR. Imagine to yourselves a Demosthenes, addressing the most illustrious assembly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...Attentively. and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy1 things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : "Abeunt studia in mores ; " 2 nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience—for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. THE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 898 pages
...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts mado of them by others ; but that would* be only in the...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia... | |
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