 TIMES. It was some time within a month of our present writing that the Hon. John Morley (one of the most scholarly among British political leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — "The purpose [of good reading] is to bring...  Counsel Upon the Reading of Books - Page 90edited by - 1900 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1898 - 864 pages
...the habit of being pleased with one another. I shall make a little addition to that — namely, " the purpose is to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." But when I am told that there are four persons going into a newsroom for one that goes into a library... | |
 | St. Louis Public Library - 1894 - 658 pages
...of the great purposes of wise reading. I will make a little addition to it The purpose is — yes, to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads. "With these words I will only again express my own sense of the service which Mr. Corsar has rendered,... | |
 | 1899 - 726 pages
...the habit of being pleased with one another. I shall make a little addition to that — namely, "the purpose is to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." But when I am told that there are four persons going into a newsroom for one that goes into a library... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 560 pages
...leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — " The purpose [of good reading] is to bring sunshine into our hearts, and to drive moonshine out of our heads " — to which we say, bravo ! for Mr. Morley. There was a good deal of head moonshine in the days... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 428 pages
...leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — "The purpose [of good reading] is to bring sunshine into our hearts, and to drive moonshine out of our heads " — to which we say, bravo ! for Mr. Morley. There was a good deal of head moonshine in the days... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 pages
...leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — "The purpose [of good reading] is to bring sunshine into our hearts, and to drive moonshine out of our heads " — to which we say, bravo! for Mr. Morley. There was a good deal of head moonshine in the days when... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — "The purpose [of good reading] is to bring sunshine into our hearts, and to drive moonshine out of our heads " — to which we say, bravo ! for Mr. Morley. There was a good deal of head moonshine in the days... | |
 | William Franklin Webster - 1900 - 318 pages
...in the various divisions of literature ; and also a study of the aesthetics of literature." " What John Morley once said of literature as a whole is...our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads.' " 22. A colon is used to separate the major parts of a very complex and involved sentence, if the major... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1901 - 344 pages
...fellow-men. It broadens our sympathy by telling us how the other half lives, and it also sharpens our insight, into humanity at large. It helps us to take...our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." (•898) 1 06 ALPHONSE DAUDET [This biographical criticism was written to serve as an Introduction... | |
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