 | Young artists - 1858
...on application. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety ot circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness...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 as superseding... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858
...stead under overy variety of circumstances, and bo a source of happiness and cheerfulness to mo during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...be A TASTE FOR READING. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man; unless, indeed, you... | |
 | 1858
...circumstances, and Ъе а eourceof happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against all its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world...frown upon me, it •would be a taste for reading. — Sir John Herschell. WARMTH OF THE SOLD. The warmth of the soil, under a clear sun, is surprisingly... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 316 páginas
...our greatest men of science, Sir John Herschel, has told us that : " Were I to pray for a taste that should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...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... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1895 - 350 páginas
...stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste and the means of It must surely have been of some quaint book of travel that this old English song-writer... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1895 - 350 páginas
...reading." — Macaulay. Sir John Herschell in like manner tells us — "Were I to pay for a taste that should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...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... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 304 páginas
...best company by introducing it only to the best books. —SYDNEY SMITH. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. — SIR JOHN HERSCHEL. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896 - 253 páginas
...stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and cheenulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man; unless, indeed, you put... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896
...stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896
...what Sir John Herschel 61 (God rest his dear soul!) said and wrote: "Were I to pay for a taste that should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances...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... | |
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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,... 
