 Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. "You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history; with...  Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners - עמוד 81נערך על ידי - 1853 - 229 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1905 - 375 דפים
...happy man; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of...of all ages. The world has been created for him." Among his books, William Ellery Channing could say: " In the best books, great men talk to us, with... | |
 | 1871
...advantages of a taste for reading good authors. "Give a man," he said, "this taste, and you place him in contact with the best society in every period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest of characters, who have adorned humanity ; you make... | |
 | S. H. Sadler - 1907 - 276 דפים
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 | S. H. Sadler - 1907 - 276 דפים
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 | Maggs Bros - 1914
...taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of...denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages." — Sir John Herschell, 1833. XVth Century Manuscript. A Reduced Reproduction of Brut's Arrival in... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 644 דפים
...Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him happy. living bodies and immortal souls. — Carlylf. Burke talked of "th — Sir J. Herschel. A. page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read. — Mactmlay. How well... | |
 | Ellen Thompson - 1909 - 212 דפים
...taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of...of all ages. The world has been created for him." And Macaulay says likewise : " I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books, than... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910
...happy man : unless, indeed, you put into his hands a moat perverse selection of Books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of...denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. — HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN, 1833, Address at the Opening of the Eton Library. It is our duty to live among... | |
 | TEMPLE SCOTT - 1911
...happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history, — with the wisest, the wittiest, —with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who 140 have adorned humanity. You make... | |
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