 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 ˹éÒ
...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 io be read , but not curiously ; and some few to be read... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 ˹éÒ
...studies , simple men admire them , aud 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 tobe chewed and digested? that is , some books are to be read only in... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 ˹éÒ
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but- fbat is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....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... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 ˹éÒ
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, which is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigji and consider. Some books are to... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 ˹éÒ
...simpl e men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not what is their own use, but what is 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 wholly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 ˹éÒ
...these again not only in his appetite and affection, but in his powers of wit and reason. LORD BACON. READ not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
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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... 
