 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.  Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literaturedoor August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1892 - 535 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1850 - 734 pagina’s
...gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a perverse selection of books. You place him in contact...society in every period of history, with the wisest and wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and purest characters who have adorned humanity; you... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pagina’s
...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 him...period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him... | |
 | Rev. Daniel Smith - 1852 - 278 pagina’s
...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...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pagina’s
...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...period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, with the teuderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1853 - 122 pagina’s
...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...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1853 - 322 pagina’s
...put into his hands a most perverse seleetion of books. You plaee him in eontaet with the best soeiety in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, nnd the purest eharaeters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a eontemporary... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1854 - 132 pagina’s
...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...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pagina’s
...unaffected benevolence, is another rule of greater importance than is easily imagined ; and more efhands a most perverse selection of books. You place him In contact with the best society fn every period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tcndereat, and the purest... | |
 | 1855 - 228 pagina’s
...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...humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a cotemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him. — Sir John Herschel. THE THOUGHTS OF... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pagina’s
...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...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
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