 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
 | Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction - 1858 - 624 דפים
...with the wisest, and the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. This world has been created for him. It is hardly possible but that his character should take ahigher... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 276 דפים
...happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hand 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, and the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a... | |
 | D. Richmond - 1858 - 428 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 history — with the wisest, the wittiest, — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1858 - 878 דפים
...the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this tas-te, and you place him in contact with the best society in every period of history — with the wisest, and the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity.... | |
 | Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1858 - 866 דפים
...the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste, and you place him in contact with the best society in every period of history — with the wisest, and the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1028 דפים
...happy man; unless, indeed, you put into his hands в most perverse selection of Books. Yon place him 3 |' * ꀌr ` W ܕ Ei"* 8I U # =, u x - {:8 Χ ... + L`& < H c N r$?A h]QA Y"14 ͰS I + e Z 'Ȁm v=c}g - : Addreit at the Opening of the Eton Library, 1833. " In the best Books great men talk to us, with... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 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...wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest character! who have adorned humanity. You make him a deniien of all nations, a contemporary of all... | |
 | 1859 - 188 דפים
...history—with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all...contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him. It is hardly possible but the character should take a higher and better tone from the constant habit... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 דפים
...through the chocks.H When he rose to the surface again, we hauled up, and You place him in contact with history, — with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest,...bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humauity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary1' of all ages. The world has been created... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 דפים
...with the wisest, and the wittiest, with the tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations— a contemporary of all ages. This world has been created for him. It is hardly possible but that his character should take a higher... | |
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