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... knowledge always with us , and from which , at various times and amidst all the shifting of circumstances , we might be sure of drawing some com- fort , guidance , and sympathy . " - Sir Arthur Helps . Usefulness of reading - Brings us ...
... knowledge always with us , and from which , at various times and amidst all the shifting of circumstances , we might be sure of drawing some com- fort , guidance , and sympathy . " - Sir Arthur Helps . Usefulness of reading - Brings us ...
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... knowledge , with a desire to think generously and live nobly . It will lead him , I hope , to the study of nature , and show him what sources of wholesome entertainment lie always at his command . And in itself it will furnish — at ...
... knowledge , with a desire to think generously and live nobly . It will lead him , I hope , to the study of nature , and show him what sources of wholesome entertainment lie always at his command . And in itself it will furnish — at ...
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... knowledge he has derived from it , are truly astonishing in a boy not yet eight years old . He is at the same time as playful as a kitten . ” She proceeds to give some illustrations of his mental activity . The future historian , while ...
... knowledge he has derived from it , are truly astonishing in a boy not yet eight years old . He is at the same time as playful as a kitten . ” She proceeds to give some illustrations of his mental activity . The future historian , while ...
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... knowledge . The wonder- ful memory of his boyhood served him excellently in his man- hood . Hence it was said of him by one of his friends that he never forgot anything ; a saying which drew from Sydney Smith a beautiful compliment to ...
... knowledge . The wonder- ful memory of his boyhood served him excellently in his man- hood . Hence it was said of him by one of his friends that he never forgot anything ; a saying which drew from Sydney Smith a beautiful compliment to ...
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... knowledge of botany . Quiet , grave , and reserved , he was nevertheless very popular with his companions , and especially ( a good sign ! ) with those older than himself . All industrious men - the exceptions to the rule are so few as ...
... knowledge of botany . Quiet , grave , and reserved , he was nevertheless very popular with his companions , and especially ( a good sign ! ) with those older than himself . All industrious men - the exceptions to the rule are so few as ...
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Page 214 - THE poet in a golden clime was born, With golden stars above; Dower'd with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love.
Page 198 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Page 199 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 213 - But he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the wellenchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner...
Page 125 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear, And weep the more because I weep in vain...
Page vi - The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast...
Page 61 - Yet he was kind; or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge...
Page 33 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ) Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page xii - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 214 - own exceeding great reward;' it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.