 We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits . . so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and...  Practical English Composition - Stran 20avtor: Edwin Lillie Miller - 1915Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1883 - 160 strani
...among the successful candidates, and in a moment I was hurrying homeward to announce the cheering news. We get no good by being ungenerous, even to a book, and calculating profits—so much help by so much reading. St. Andrew's lofty tower looks proudly down upon the desolating... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 strani
...without the vicar; read my books, Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book. Books, books, books ! I had found the secret of a... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1884 - 526 strani
...without the vicar ; read my books, Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — Tis then we get the right good from a book. Books, books, books ! I had found the secret of a garret-room... | |
 | 1884 - 934 strani
...and useful life. And of all books I know of, remember, " We get no good by being ungenerous to it, and calculating profits— so much help by so much...rather when we gloriously forget ourselves and plunge soul forward headlong into its profound, impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth. "Tis then we... | |
 | 1885 - 492 strani
...Education is compulsory. One district alone makes a return of 100,000 pupils in the schools. . . . . We get no good, By being ungenerous even to a book,...profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — "Tis then we get the right good from a book. — Mrs. Browning. [In this department we shall make... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 strani
...taken at Klagenfurt. And, in the following passage, she strikes the true key-note to all "reading":— We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...profound,* Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book. She utterly abjures the patronage of women, the "... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 strani
...Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning." " Some people always sigh in thanking God." " We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound. Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — Tis... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 strani
...Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning." " Some people always sigh in thanking God." " We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound. Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — Tis... | |
 | Frank Carr - 1885 - 534 strani
...inspiration of them fills us at once. Others, require years : others, untold ages, — a man's immortality. " When We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward,...profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book." Great writers deal greatly with Books, and thus sang... | |
 | John Bate - 1885 - 656 strani
...PROFITABLE READING. By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits—so much help From so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and its salt of truth, 'Tis... | |
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