 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - Liczba stron: 310
...leaving here a name, I trust, Which will not perish in the dust. SOUTHEY. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...how poor I am; — no matter though the prosperous enter not my humble dwelling; — if the best writers take up their abode with me, I shall not pine... | |
 | 1858 - Liczba stron: 878
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. G-od be thanked for bookt ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1858 - Liczba stron: 866
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | William Hanby Crump - 1858 - Liczba stron: 506
...youth. How truly spoke the sage of New England, Channing, when he snid : " God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. " The Gifts presented to Purchasers. But the very spirit of the system adopted by Evans, consists in... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - Liczba stron: 1022
...with ns, and give us their most precious thoughts. Books are the cot'cee of the distant and the dead. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society and the presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; no matter, though the... | |
 | 1858 - Liczba stron: 588
...intelligence and display their genius in their books. " No matter how poor I am," says Dr Channing, " no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter and take up their abode under my roof. If Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - Liczba stron: 752
...imagination, taste and poetry, to preserve men from sinking into an earthly, material, epicurean life. BOOES. the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past apes. Books are the true levellers. They gire to all who will faithfully ase them, the society, the... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1859 - Liczba stron: 1284
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | Richard Wrench - 1859 - Liczba stron: 68
...pendulum beat, the world is an instant older than before.'' On Books being the true levellers: — " In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. No matter how poor I am. No matter, though the prosperous of my own time will not enter ray obscure... | |
 | James Everett - 1859 - Liczba stron: 392
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...use them the society, the spiritual presence, of the greatest and best of our race ; no matter how poor I am ; no matter how prosperous the men themselves,... | |
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God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best... 
