 | 1856 - 588 trang
...listlessness and idleness, perhaps from intemperance and vice!" — with Herschel, who writes, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading ;"—... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 trang
...though excluded from what is called the hest society in the place where I live."— Charming. " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and he a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 trang
...especially of our own nation, have heaped up for an exhaustless and imperishable store: — " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every Yariety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - 470 trang
...creation."—Illustrated London News. 43 Cheap Edition* of Standard and Popular Work*. § : ,_^ " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead tmder every variety of circumstances, and he a source of happiness and cheerfulness to mo through life,... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1857 - 540 trang
... Vet. G-.er.HT JB ./ BOHN'S STANDARD LIBEARY. SCHILLER'S HISTORICAL WORKS. " Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 trang
...under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during lif'o, and a shield against its ills, however things might...world frown upon me, it would 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 trang
...Holy Sepulcher from the desecration of the Infidel ! CALEB CUSHINQ. . — ON A TASTE FOR READING. 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... | |
 | Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1858 - 866 trang
...and learned Bowditch ?" "If I were to pray for a taste," remarked the learned Sir JOHN HERSCHEL, " which should stand me in stead, under every variety...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste, and you place him in contact with the best society in every period of history... | |
 | Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction - 1858 - 624 trang
...great and learned Bowditch ?" "If I were to pray for a taste," remarked the learned Sir JOHN HERSCHEL, "which should stand me in stead, under every variety...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste, and you Elace him in contact with the best society in every period of istory... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 trang
...had not the privilege of Oxford and Cambridge Universities t " If 1 were to pray for a taste wbich should stand me In stead under every variety of circumstances,...amiss, and the world frown upon me. It would be A TASTK poa aaAD* me. I speak of it only as a worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree as superseding... | |
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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... 
