 | 1834 - 652 דפים
...occupation, — something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.". . ." If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | 1850 - 428 דפים
...circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against ull its ills however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. JAMES WATT. A VOIINO man (s.ij-s Sir R. Kane,) wanting to sell spectacles in London, petitions the... | |
 | 576 דפים
...no one knew better how to body forth with a thousand life-like touches than the author of that work. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." This example of the blacksmith and his delighted auditory may, we think, furnish a hint for a plan... | |
 | 1834 - 648 דפים
...occupation, — something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.".. ."If I were to pray for a taste which should stand...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | 1870 - 726 דפים
...circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against all its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. — Ilerschel. BEER IN BAVARIA. Besides the four elements known to us as such, namely, air, fire, earth,... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1840 - 392 דפים
...student's home. Well saith Sir John Herschel, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand instead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a faste for reading." He who reads from habit is independent. The world without may exclude him from... | |
 | 1844 - 398 דפים
...every variety of eireumstanees, and be a souree of happiness and eheerfulness to me through life, and shield against its ills, however things might go amiss,...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. — Sir J. HerseheL I AM. WHO ever eoneeived a more beautiful illustration of this sublime text than... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 דפים
...— Hume. 6. Volumes have not only been read, but written in flying journeys. — Channing. (256.) 7. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. — Herschel. mouth," to waiting by patience and combination the tardier honours of the general. —... | |
 | 1846 - 544 דפים
...absent, and look forward to with pleasure. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me instead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." The cordial welcome with which his former Works have been received, and their widely-extended popularity,... | |
 | Friedrich von Schlegel, James Burton Robertson - 1846 - 566 דפים
...stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy... | |
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