 | 1891 - 556 pages
...their instruction. Jomon. THE MOST VALUABLE. Many books require no thought from those who read them, for a very simple reason; — they made no such demand...set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. Cotton. TITLES OF. There is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books no less than in the faces... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...literature in the age in which one lives; bat I would rather read too few than too many. Lord Dudley. Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a simple reason, — they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. — Cotton. Books, to judicious... | |
 | 1901 - 140 pages
...the most home-felt, the most heart-felt of all our enjoyments ! CHARLES C. COLTON, 1780-1832. Many books require no thought from those who read them,...set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. DR. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANGING, 1780-1842. No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - 1902 - 504 pages
...ornament, which he always mangles like a learned woman. CHESTERFIELD, Letters. September 27, 1749. Those works therefore are the most valuable, that...set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. But these master-poets they will have their own absurd courses : they will be informed of nothing !... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...knowledge is in books.— The true univer- " sity of these days is a collection of books. — Carlyle. Many — Cotton. He that loves not books before he comes to thirty years of age, will hardly love them enough... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 pages
...no thought from those who read them, and fora very simple reason ; they made no such demand ii|xin 0 — Coiton. He that loves not l>ooks before he comes to thirty years of age, will hardly love them... | |
 | 1955 - 432 pages
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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason ; — they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Those works therefore are 'the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. For... 
