 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 332 pagine
...who dare speak of such a thing ? The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...books. 3. Never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakespeare's phrase, " No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en : In brief, sir, study what you most... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 316 pagine
...who dare speak of such a thing ? The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 8. Never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakspeare's phrase, " No profit goes where is no pleasure... | |
 | Theophilus Stork - 1871 - 190 pagine
...Resurrection of the body; and the Life everlasting. Amen. PREFATORY. MERSON gives three rules about reading: " i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2....famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like." Under the first two directories we are ruled out utterly; but there is something of hope for us in... | |
 | 1872 - 368 pagine
...are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling... | |
 | 1872 - 264 pagine
...are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some» kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling... | |
 | 1876 - 450 pagine
...are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 408 pagine
...gossip of the hour. . . . The three practical rules I have to offer are these : — 1. Never read a book that is not a year old ; 2. Never read any but famed books ; 3. Ntvcr read any but what you like." Lord Lytton a maxim is : " In science, read by preference the newest... | |
 | 1877 - 1004 pagine
...choice of books difficult. Mr. Emerson, in his lecture on books, offers three rules: i, never read a book that is not a year old; 2, never read any but...famed books ; 3, never read any but what you like. And these he calls "practical rules." In truth they are practical nonsense. Mr. Emerson also tells... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - 388 pagine
...are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading soma kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - 364 pagine
...are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; inueed, with a trifling... | |
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Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakespeare's phrase, " No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en : •' In brief, sir, study what you most affect. 
