| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 стор.
...prosperity. ROIIKRT HALL: Advantages of Kncmjcdge to lite Lmver Classes. Were I to pray for a tasle which should stand me in stead under every variety...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, ami a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| Boys - 1880 - 362 стор.
...achievements. Pursuing this train of reflection, I am compelled to say with Sir John Herschel, that if I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...stead under every variety of circumstances, and be through life a source of happiness and contentment, and a shield against its ills whatever misfortunes... | |
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1881 - 236 стор.
...society of fools." Sir John Herschel called books "the best society in every period of history." Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 стор.
...the message of Christ, the maker of all things, the teacher of truth. — CHARLES KINGSLEY. Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1881 - 486 стор.
...8. Sir John Herschel calls books " the best society in every period of history." He says, " Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1881 - 488 стор.
...8. Sir John Herschel calls books " tho best society in every period of history." He says, " Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| 1881 - 374 стор.
...weary, counsel you when perplexed, and sympathize with you at all times. — Oeorge S. flittard. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead ander every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happifcess and cheerfulness to me through... | |
| Nicolas Émile Gebhart - 1882 - 358 стор.
...Rome in 1527 ......... 258 VIII. Giacomo Leopardi ... ... ... ... 297 " Were I to pray for a taate which should stand me in stead under every variety...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon... | |
| Alexander Ireland - 1883 - 320 стор.
...one knew better how to body forth with a thousand life-like touches than the author of that work. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in...might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would bo a taste for reading. I speak of it of course only as a worldly advantage, and not in the slightest... | |
| Joseph Johnson - 1883 - 426 стор.
...will they yield their stored sweetness and wisdom. Well, then, might Sir John Herschel say : " Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon... | |
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