...digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously1 ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...would* be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books : else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...

...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them...

...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the - humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...

...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man...

...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and arc perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are...not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and without diligence and attention. Some books, also, may In; read by deputy, and extracts made of them...

...use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...

...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Bead not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and...would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Beading...

...as dictators of what you are to think and believe. — T. Edwards. READING, HOW TO IMPROVE BY. — Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. — Lord Bacon. READING OF CHILDREN. — What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary...

...tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to bo read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously...Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts mode of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort...

...but to weigh and consider. Some works are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be digested — that is, some books are to be read only...be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." — LOED BACON. § 1. NOTWITHSTANDING the multiplicity of subjects occu- signs of the pying the public...