 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,...  Girls and their ways, by one who knows them - Seite 183von Girls - 1881Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1831 - 492 Seiten
...perhaps, had never 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... | |
 | 1834 - 652 Seiten
...something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.". . ." If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...how to body forth with a 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...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... | |
 | 1834 - 648 Seiten
...something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.".. ."If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...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... | |
 | 1835 - 298 Seiten
...[Quarterly Keiieu.-, No. CIV.] TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pray for a taste which should stand by me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree derogating from the higher office and sure and stronger panoply of religions principles — but as... | |
 | 1835 - 538 Seiten
...to pray for a taste which should stand by me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and ho a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through...life, and a shield against its ills, however things migkt go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course,... | |
 | 1838 - 544 Seiten
...that no effort was made to introduce the process into Judea. TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pi-ay for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon rae, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as a worldly advantage, and not... | |
 | 1838 - 272 Seiten
...and that no effort was made to introduce the process into Judea. TASTE FOR READING. IF I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every...through life, and a shield against its ills, however tilings might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it,... | |
 | 1870 - 726 Seiten
...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.... | |
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