| William George Jordan, Adr Schade van Westrum - American literature - 1888 - 644 pages
...— ' О TOR THE YOUNG TOLKS — OCIENCE. A child should not be dlscouragfil tram reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that It Is above his reach. IÍ that be the case, the child will soon find It out and desist.— иг. 5am. Johnson. Holder, Chas.... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 460 pages
...powers of Otway is to* " • Snatches of reading,' said he, ' will not make a Bentley or a OUurk-. They are, however, in a certain degree advantageous. I would put a chilJ into & library (where no unfit books are), and let him read at his choice. A child should not... | |
| James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...sufficiently sensible of the merit of Otway." t " * Snatches of reading/ said he, ' will not make a dU hdU arej and let him read at his choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that he... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1891 - 548 pages
...be sufficiently sensible of the merit of Otway'.' 'Snatches of reading, (said he,) will not make a Bentley or a Clarke. They are, however, in a certain...discouraged from reading any thing that he takes a Greek, ' that while five of them employed themselves in feminine works, the sixth should read a Greek... | |
| George Birkbeck Norman Hill - English literature - 1892 - 220 pages
...enough left that he can understand and enjoy. " He should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case, he will soon find it out and and desist." * By wandering, as it were, among books, each one finds out... | |
| George Birkbeck Norman Hill - English literature - 1892 - 220 pages
...enough left that he can understand and enjoy. " He should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case, he will soon find it out and and desist." * By wandering, as it were, among books, each one finds out... | |
| Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam - 1897 - 692 pages
...from a book. He will get better books afterwards." And again: "Snatches of reading will not make a Bentley or a Clarke. They are, however, in a certain...choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach." This is an excellent... | |
| Self-culture - 1897 - 592 pages
...from a book. He will get better books afterwards." And again: "Snatches of reading will not make a Bentley or a Clarke. They are, however, in a certain...choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach." This is an excellent... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...be sufficiently sensible of the merit of Otway." " ' Snatches of reading,' said he, 'will not make a indow-seat and read, or at least kept his anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case,... | |
| American fiction - 1900 - 548 pages
...associate books which would be a source of pleasure with the memory of hours spent in weary study? I would put a child into a library where no unfit...choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case,... | |
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