 I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me,...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 61835Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 492 pages
...been taught to think. " If I were to pray," says Sir John Herschell, "for a taste that should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances,...life, and a shield against its ills, however things may go amiss, and the world frown on me, it would be, a taste for reading." I am disposed to say, quite... | |
 | Agriculture - 1834 - 652 pages
...and look forward with pleasure to return to.". . ." If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | 1850 - 428 pages
...absent, and look forward to with much pleasure. If I were to pray for a last which would stand by me under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against ull its ills however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.... | |
 | 576 pages
...thousand life-like touches than the author of that work. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." This example of the blacksmith and his delighted auditory may, we think, furnish a hint for a plan... | |
 | Gardening - 1834 - 648 pages
...and look forward with pleasure to return to.".. ."If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." (Penny Magazine, vol. ii. p. 375.) Gate-stoppers are frequently found great annoyances, both in the... | |
 | Periodicals - 1838 - 274 pages
...introduce the process into Judea. TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree as superseding or derogating from the higher office and surer and stronger panoply of religious principles... | |
 | Fashion - 1870 - 726 pages
...easy to corrupt and cannot last. — Lord Bacon. \i I were to pray for a taste which would stand by mo under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against all its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1840 - 392 pages
...student's home. Well saith Sir John Herschel, " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand instead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source...amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a faste for reading." He who reads from habit is independent. The world without may exclude him from... | |
 | 1840 - 504 pages
...of the present day — I mean Sir John Herschell, " if I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a slucld against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frowu upon me, it would be a... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Education, Higher - 1843 - 342 pages
...Avguit, 1840. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. ON READING. " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown against... | |
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