 Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. "You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history; with...  The Repository - Page 1481858Full view - About this book
 | 576 pages
...hardly fail of making ahappy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — witli the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...with the best society in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him. It is hardly possible but the character... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pages
...hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 300 pages
...happy man ; unless, indeed, a most perverse selection of books is put into his hands. He is placed in contact with the best society, in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest ; with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest, characters, which have adorned humanity. It is hardly... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...into his hands a most preverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society of every period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest,...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, cotemporary of all ages. The world... | |
 | 1859 - 880 pages
...hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hand a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, and the tenderesl, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1846 - 578 pages
...hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him." — SIR JOHN HEilSC1I I;L. Address on... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 582 pages
...hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him." — SIR JOHN HERSCHEL. Address on the... | |
 | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller - 1846 - 538 pages
...hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him." — SIB JOHN HERSCHEI. Address on the... | |
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