 | 1831 - 492 trang
...perhaps, had never been taught to think. " If I were to pray," says Sir John Herschell, "for a taste that should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances,...life, and a shield against its ills, however things may go amiss, and the world frown on me, it would be, a taste for reading." I am disposed to say, quite... | |
 | 1834 - 652 trang
...occupation, — something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.". . ." If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | 1850 - 428 trang
...absent, and look forward to with much pleasure. If I were to pray for a last which would stand by me under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against ull its ills however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.... | |
 | 576 trang
...knew better how to body forth with a thousand life-like touches than the author of that work. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." This example of the blacksmith and his delighted auditory may, we think, furnish a hint for a plan... | |
 | 1834 - 648 trang
...occupation, — something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.".. ."If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | 1835 - 538 trang
...to pray for a taste which should stand by me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and ho a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through...life, and a shield against its ills, however things migkt go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course,... | |
 | 1838 - 544 trang
...that no effort was made to introduce the process into Judea. TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pi-ay for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon rae, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as a worldly advantage, and not... | |
 | 1838 - 272 trang
...tabernacle, and that no effort was made to introduce the process into Judea. TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...through life, and a shield against its ills, however tilings might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it,... | |
 | 1870 - 726 trang
...easy to corrupt and cannot last. — Lord Bacon. \i I were to pray for a taste which would stand by mo under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...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.... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1840 - 392 trang
...student's home. Well saith Sir John Herschel, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand instead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a faste for reading." He who reads from habit is independent. The world without may exclude him from... | |
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If 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... 
