 Above all things, let him never touch a romance or novel ; these paint beauty in colours more charming than nature, and describe happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful...  The American Journal of Education - Página 353editado por - 1863Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 páginas
...pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that never existed ; to despise the little good which fortune...experience than precept — take my word for it, I say, that books teach us very little of the world. The greatest merit in a state of poverty would only... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 444 páginas
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and lias studied human nature more by experience than precept ; take my word for it, I say, that books... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 páginas
...pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that never existed ; to despise the little good which fortune...and has studied human nature more by experience than precept—take my word for it, I say, that books teach us very little of the world. The greatest merit... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 páginas
...teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that never existed ; to despise the littte good which fortune has mixed in our cup, by expecting...by experience than precept — take my word for it, 1 say, that books teach us very little of the world. The greatest merit in a state of poverty would... | |
 | 1837 - 536 páginas
...pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that never existed ; to despise the little good which fortune...and has studied human nature more by experience than precept—take my word for it, I say, that books teach us very little of the world. The greatest merit... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 páginas
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive, are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...in our cup, by expecting more than she ever gave." — See Life, ch. viii.] " But, say some, the authors of these romances have nothing in view, but to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 páginas
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive, are those pictures of consummate bliss! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...mixed in our cup, by expecting more than she ever gave."—See Life, ch. viii.] " But, say some, the authors of these romances have nothing in view,... | |
 | 1838 - 602 páginas
...tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the young mind to sigh after beauty and happiness which never...and, in general, — take the word of a man who has studied human nature more by experience than precept, — take my word for it, I say, that such books... | |
 | 1836 - 564 páginas
...teach the youthful mind to sish after beauty and happiness which never existed ; to despise the littlr good which fortune has mixed in our cup, by expecting...and in general, take the word of a man who has seen tbe world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept — take my word for it, I... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 páginas
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are these pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...by experience than precept ; take my word for it, I say, that books teach us very little of the world. The greatest merit in a state of poverty would only... | |
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