 Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.  The Millennial Harbinger - Page 93edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - 1846 - 606 pages
...its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and yon can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree as superseding or derogating from the higher office and surer and stronger panoply of religious principles...happy man. unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1847 - 554 pages
...ills, however things might go amis* the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading Give a this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of in. him a happy man; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most j selection of books. You place... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...worldly advantage, anil not in the slightest degree as superseding or derogating from the higher office, and surer and stronger panoply of religious principles,...of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him happy, unless indeed you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree as superseding, or derogating from the higher office, and surer and stronger panoply, of religious principles,...happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. Tou place him in contact with the best society in every period of... | |
 | 1850 - 446 pages
...advantage, and not in the least degree as superseding the higher office and surer and stronger protection of religious principles; but as a taste, an instrument,...happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hand a most perverse selection of books. You place... | |
 | 1850 - 458 pages
...ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pages
...as a worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree derogating from the higher office and sure and stronger panoply of religious principles, but...of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hand a most perverse selection of books. You place... | |
 | Rev. Daniel Smith - 1852 - 278 pages
...its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly foil of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of... | |
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