 | Roses - 1867 - 172 pages
...slipped his bridle, ran away, and took us up more than an hour to recover him again. Swift. BOOKS. TN the best books, great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1867 - 380 pages
...of two ^r more simple sentences ; as, " The war is over and peace has come ; " " In the best hooks, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." § 345. The simple sentences that make up a compound sentence, may be joined, — 1. By a conjunction... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1867 - 842 pages
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means ot communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1868 - 204 pages
...thou Romeo 1 7. Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? 8. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. 9. The ship being now under sail, the shore began to recede rapidly from our sight. 1 0. Lord Hastings,... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1869 - 608 pages
...in the refulgence of intellectual and moral excellence ? " In the best books," said a great man, " great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." Again we say, get and read good books. Let your spirits, looking out, trace their precious lines, and... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1870 - 380 pages
...SENTENCE consists of two or more simple sentences ; as, " The war is over and peace has come ; " " In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." § 345. The simple sentences that make up a compound sentence, may be joined, — 1. By a conjunction... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1870 - 232 pages
...COMPOUND SENTENCE consists of two or more simple sentences ; as, " The war is over and peace has come ;" "In the best books, great men talk to us, give us...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." § 236. The simple sentences that make up a compound sentence may be joined,— 1. By a conjunction;... | |
 | 1863 - 358 pages
...outnumbered by the leaves and blossoms ! " MARY COWDEK CLARKE. Peoples Journal. VALUE OF GOOD BOOKS. — In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their touls into ovrs. God be thanked for books. They arc the voices of the distant and the dear), and make... | |
 | 1871 - 68 pages
...we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all." In literature, confine yourself to the best company; in... | |
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. 
