... 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 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment only cially in the war. Mucianus undid Vitellius, by a fame that he scattered, that Vitellius had in : •" Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; norto find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man ; and therefore...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...as much as I wanted and more than I expected." books are to he tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" i nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought... | |
| 1855 - 602 pages
...confer little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much canning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. As a theologian, Bacon possessed an intimate acquaintance with the Bible, and was a believer in the... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rule, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of a Friend. There is as much difference between the counsel that... | |
| Richard Hiley - 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;...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.— Essays. John Milton, born 1608, died 1674. him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true... | |
| London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. .... Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores.f . . . The Fifty-first, "Of Faction," begins and ends as follows : — Many... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...some few to he read wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, suhtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, ahle to contend. Aheunt studia... | |
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