 Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man 'cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good...  A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - Page 107by Henry David Thoreau - 1873 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 402 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature," But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, cot which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which...entertained by ; which even make us dangerous to existing institutions—such I call good hooks." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books,"... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 798 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature.' But the literature he loved was of tht heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...one would not be entertained by ; which even make us danger262 HENRY DAVID THOREAU. 263 ous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did... | |
 | Choice literature - 1880 - 400 pages
...loved was of the heroic order. " Books, rot which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which etiuh thought is of unusual daring ; such as an idle man...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books," he says, " even if... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 492 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. "Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment,...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books," he says, " even if... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 474 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institutions—such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books,"... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 560 pages
...are the worshipers with offerings, and the worshipers with mortifications; and again the worshipers with enthusiastic devotion; so there are those the...they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are of tener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 560 pages
...Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought ia of unusual daring ; atich as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, whinli ftven male ft us da.pgi}rniia fr* .existing institutions, ^aich call I jjood books. All that... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 428 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 422 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions— such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 430 pages
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature. " But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. ' ' Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
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