 | 1887 - 196 strani
...first duty imposed on us is to create a taste for reading. Dr. Johnson once said : " I would let a boy at first read any English book which happens to engage...from a book. He will get better books afterwards." It was not a novel-writer, it was not even one of those who indulge in what our friend calls light... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 strani
...himself. But it is better when a man reads from immediate inclination." \ n,. ;„. I93. • • • I AM always for getting a boy forward in his learning...have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards. na 385. • • • SNATCHES of reading will not make a Bentley... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 strani
...following. After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : which happens to engage his attention; because you...have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards." " Mallet, I believe, never wrote a single line of his projected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 strani
...following. After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversasion : " I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning...have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards." " Mallet, I believe, never wrote a single line of his projected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 strani
...After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : — " I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning,...book which happens to engage his attention ; because yon have done a great deal when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 strani
...After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : — " He'll get better books afterwards." " Mallet, I believe, never wrote a single line of his projected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 strani
...following. After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : " I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning ; for that i* a sure good. I would let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 strani
...following. After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : — 'I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning...have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards.' 'Mallet, I believe, never wrote a single line of his projected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 strani
...following. After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his \conversation : " I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning...done a great deal, when you have brought him to have Ventertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards." " Mallet, I believe, never wrote a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...After this tempest had subsided, I recollect the following particulars of his conversation : — " I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning,...is a sure good. I would let him at first read any Rnglish book which happens to engage his attention ; because you have done a great deal when you have... | |
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I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning ; for that is a sure good. I would let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention ; because you have done a great deal, when you have brought him to have entertainment... 
