 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.  The Calcutta Review - 28 psl.1848Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 576 psl.
...gratification. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making ahappy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — witli the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1835 - 542 psl.
...taste, an instrument, and a mode of pleasurable gratification. Qive a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The... | |
 | 1835 - 298 psl.
...taste, an instrument, and a mode of pleasurable gratification. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making...history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen... | |
 | 1838 - 274 psl.
...gratification. 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...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The... | |
 | 1838 - 544 psl.
...gratification. 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...history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 300 psl.
...happy man ; unless, indeed, a most perverse selection of books is put into his hands. He is placed in contact with the best society, in every period...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest, characters, which have adorned humanity. It is hardly possible, but that his character should take a higher and... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 psl.
...taste, an instrument, and a mode of pleasurable gratification. 2. Give a man this taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making...man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most preverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society of every period of history... | |
 | 1859 - 880 psl.
...taste, an instrument, and a mode of pleasurable gratification. 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 him in contact with the best society in every period... | |
 | Friedrich von Schlegel, James Burton Robertson - 1846 - 566 psl.
...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...period of history, — with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen... | |
 | August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1846 - 554 psl.
...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...period of history, — with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen... | |
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