| 530 pages
...distant prospect eannot be seen to advantage in this part of India. — Bishop Heber. BOOKS. M AX v books require no thought from. those who read them,...contained in the kernel, but which, without such a stimulus, would neither have struck root downwards, nor borne fruit upwards, so it is with the light... | |
| 1848 - 812 pages
...thin£. should call into exercise the reasoning faculties. "Many books," says the author of Lacón, "require no thought from those who read them, and...vegetation contained in the kernel, but which, without tuch a tumulus, would neither have streck root downwards, nor borne fruit upward?, so it is with the... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...Veronica beccabunga, and appears to have derived its name from the Flemish beck-pungen-mouth-smart. BOOKS. MANY books require no thought from those who read them, and for a simple reason — they make no demand upon those who wrote them. Plays and romances, says T. Browne,... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason;—they made no such demand on those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the...contained in the kernel, but which, without such a stimulus, would neither have struck root downwards, nor borne fruit upwards, so it is with the light... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason;—they made no such demand on those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the...contained in the kernel, but which, without such a stimulus, would neither have struck root downwards, nor borne fruit upwards, so it is with the light... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...of a master spirit, Embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.—John Milton. 457. Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason;—they made no such demand on those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the most valuable,... | |
| 1855 - 532 pages
...forgiveness, while she feels resentment and meditates revenge. 'Many books require no thought from those that read them, and for a very simple reason — they made no such demand upon those that wrote them. ' It is sometimes lamented that learning is becoming superficial by being made common.... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.—John Milton. 457. Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason;—they made no such demand on those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the most valuable,... | |
| 1856 - 570 pages
...thirty years of age, will hardly love them enough afterward to understand them. iSOflfeu — Cotton. Books require no thought from those who read them,...contained in the kernel, but which, without such a stimulus, would neither have struck root downward, nor borne fruit upward, so it is with the light... | |
| George Brewster - 1858 - 464 pages
...pastime becomes too painful — we will not pursue it. MKRCER Co., WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, Nov. 1850. MANY books require no thought from those who read...a very simple reason — they made no such demand on those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties... | |
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