 I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me,...  Self Culture - Stran 3171897Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 strani
...stand by us under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happinessand cheerfulness tous through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go, it would be for that of reading, the most lasting and agreeable of all enjoyments which this world... | |
 | 1850 - 446 strani
...state of their thoughts and desires. E. READING. " IF," says Sir John Herschel, " I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as a worldly advantage, and not in the least degree as superseding the... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 strani
...was so great a gentleman." — Coleridge 's Table- Talk. A LOVE OF LITERATURE. "Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1850 - 734 strani
...taste," says Sir John Herschell, " which would stand me in stead under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me...life, and a shield against its ills, however things may go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course,... | |
 | 1850 - 458 strani
...FAMILY CIRCLE ; 01, THE IMPORTANCE OF A TASTE FOR READING. BY MBfl. BT HJLRTYN. " Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 strani
...from what is called the best society in the place where I live." — Channing. " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." — Sir John Herschell. BUT what strange art, what magic can dispose The troubled mind to change its... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 592 strani
...most learned society in the most cultivated metropolis in the world, says, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." Yet it is now proposed to colonize the broad regions of the west with millions of our fellow-beings,... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 588 strani
...most learned society in the most cultivated metropolis in the world, says, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." Yet it is now proposed to colonize the broad regions of the west with millions of our fellow-beings,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 strani
...Eton Mechanics' Institute, once said, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand by me instead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as a worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree derogating from... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 588 strani
...most learned society in the most cultivated metropolis in the world, says, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every...however things might go amiss, and the world frown 62 upon me, it would be a taste for reading." Yet it is now proposed to colonize the broad regions... | |
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