 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
 | 1868 - 604 pages
...the best of society in every period of history ; with the wisest and wittiest, with the tenderest and the bravest and the purest characters who have adorned humanity; you make him a deni/.en of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world, has been created for him. It is hardly... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, Richard McAllister Smith, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John Patrick McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1879 - 584 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. Too MUCH LEGISLATION.... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 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 tonderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 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 that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1872 - 556 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 that have adorned humanity. You make him... | |
 | 1873 - 144 pages
...happy man; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of BOOKS. You place him m contact with the best society in every period of history,—...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him 1 "—Sir John Herschel's address at the... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless indeed you put into his hands a 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 Good books nourish the sou History maketh... | |
 | 1873 - 46 pages
...frown i upon me, it would be a taste for reading. a most perverse collection of books. You place him m contact with the best society in every period of history—...wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, the purest characters j who have adorned humanity. You make him a I deni2en of all nations, a contemporary... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1873 - 486 pages
...transcribing. Speaking of the advantages of a taste for reading, he says: "Give a man this, and yon place him in contact with the best society in every period of history—with the wisest, wittiest, tenderest, bravest, and purest of characters who have adorned... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 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 him... | |
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