 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
 | John Francis Xavier O'Conor - 1903 - 236 דפים
...most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period in history, with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest,...have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all countries, a contemporary of all ages." — Sir J. Hersclid. " Employ your time in improving yourself... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1905 - 426 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 - 946 דפים
...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... | |
 | Maggs Bros - 1914 - 866 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...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 - 788 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 - 230 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 - 616 דפים
...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... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1911 - 452 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 who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | TEMPLE SCOTT - 1911 - 294 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 who 140 have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | Temple Scott - 1911 - 294 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 who 140 have adorned humanity. You make... | |
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