Essays by Divers Hands: Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, Band 20 |
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... reading . He was omnivorous - a devotee . It was Dr. Johnson also who said , I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken . ' On that I will venture no comment . " " 66 Books have ...
... reading . He was omnivorous - a devotee . It was Dr. Johnson also who said , I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken . ' On that I will venture no comment . " " 66 Books have ...
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... reader may look ; but is he inactive ? As for a quiet life , reading it may be said is an admirable amusement , a delightful recreation , a stimulant perhaps , often a sedative , even an opiate . But is it any more than mere flattery to ...
... reader may look ; but is he inactive ? As for a quiet life , reading it may be said is an admirable amusement , a delightful recreation , a stimulant perhaps , often a sedative , even an opiate . But is it any more than mere flattery to ...
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... reading of books , then , like any living of life , depends entirely on what we make of them . On what they offer we must bestow our life , our imaginative energy and insight . All nature in its inexhaustible variety and beauty , all ...
... reading of books , then , like any living of life , depends entirely on what we make of them . On what they offer we must bestow our life , our imaginative energy and insight . All nature in its inexhaustible variety and beauty , all ...
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