 We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits ... so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and...  American Education - Pagina 3271906Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Noah Porter - 1883 - 474 pagine
...elevate and kindle their aspirations. Mrs. Browning has said, and doubtless from her own experience, " Wo get no good By being ungenerous even to a book And...truth— ' Tis then we get the right good from a book." 3. We add another rule, to correct any excess or abuse in the application of the foregoing, viz.: We... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pagine
...Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use. (Sir John Denham. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits—so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1883 - 320 pagine
...without the vicar ; read my books, Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits,—so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1883 - 160 pagine
...among the successful candidates, and in a moment I was hurrying homeward to announce the cheering news. We get no good by being ungenerous, even to a book, and calculating profits—so much help by so much reading. St. Andrew's lofty tower looks proudly down upon the desolating... | |
 | 1884 - 934 pagine
...books I know of, remember, " We get no good by being ungenerous to it, and calculating profits—so much help by so much reading." It is rather when we gloriously forget ourselves and plunge soul forward headlong into its profound, impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth. Tis then we... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1884 - 526 pagine
...without the vicar; read my books, Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits,—so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge... | |
 | Emily Faithfull - 1884 - 422 pagine
...in commercial honesty, religious earnestness, and social charity." Mrs. Barrett Browning tells us " we get no good by being ungenerous even to a book," and we certainly shall gain no worthy end by ignoring the good points of this " peculiar people," who belong... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 612 pagine
...Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning." " Some people always sigh in thanking God." " We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound. Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth— Tis... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 pagine
...Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning." " Some people always sigh in thanking God." " We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book,...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound. Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth— Tis... | |
 | John Bate - 1885 - 656 pagine
...PROFITABLE READING. By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits—so much help From so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and its salt of truth, 'Tis... | |
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