 No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If the Sacred Writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and...  The Journal of Education for Upper Canada - Page 171860Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 pages
...levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society and the presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; no...my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling; if LEARNED MEN AND POETS will enter and take up their abode under my roof — if MILTOH will cross my... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1858 - 204 pages
...follows " Farewell may Heaven prosper thee in thy perilous enterprise " 5. If the sacred writers will take up their abode under my roof if Milton will cross my threshold, to sing to me of Paradise if Shakspeare will open to me the fields of imagination I shall not pine for want of company 6. Beauty... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society,— the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; — no matter though the prosperous enter not my humble dwelling; — if the best writers take up their abode with me, I shall not pine... | |
 | 1858 - 588 pages
...intelligence and display their genius in their books. " No matter how poor I am," says Dr Channing, " no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter arid take up their abode under my roof. If Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise,... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 pages
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination, and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...They give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am, —...threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pages
...They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No...threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1859 - 164 pages
...They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No...will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, or Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1028 pages
...levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society and the presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am ; no...my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling; if LEARNED MEN AND POETS will enter and take up their abode under my roof — if MILTON will cross my... | |
 | James Everett - 1859 - 392 pages
...race; no matter how poor I am; no matter how prosperous the men themselves, they, will not object to enter my obscure dwelling. If the sacred writers will...my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing of 'Paradise Lost,' if others will open to me the world of imagination and the working of the human... | |
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