 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1901 - 510 pages
...be sufficiently sensible of the merit of Otway." 2 " Snatches of reading (said he) will not make a Bentley or a Clarke. They are, however, in a certain...that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is 1 [Nicholas Clenard, who was born in Brabant, and died at Grenada in 1541, was a great traveller and... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1901 - 372 pages
...sufficiently sensible of the merit of Otway." ' l ' " Snatches of reading (said he) 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. If that he the case,... | |
 | James Edward Geoffrey De Montmorency - Education - 1902 - 406 pages
...National Biography, tit. "Rose." 2 This was not in accord with Johnson's general views. In 1780 he said "I would put a child into a library (where no unfit...choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that lie takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case,... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Digital images - 1884 - 750 pages
...ought to read just as inclination leads him ; for what he reads as a task will do him little good." " I would put a child into a library where no unfit books are, and let him read at his choice." I have quoted these sayings of Dr. Samuel Johnson about reading as suggesting three points worthy of... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Digital images - 1884 - 774 pages
...ought to read just as inclination leads him ; for what he reads as a task will do him little good." " I would put a child into a library where no unfit books are, and lot him read at his choice." I have quoted these sayings of Dr. Samuel Johnson about reading as suggesting... | |
 | 1904 - 1068 pages
..."The Leisure Hour," 4, Bouverie Street, London, E.4. SEARCH QUESTIONS (SAYINGS OF DOCTOR JOHNSON.) 1 . "I would put a child into a library (where no unfit books are) and let him read at his choice." 2. " A London morning does not go with the sun." 3. " When a man is invited to dinner he is disappointed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 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...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,... | |
 | Books and reading - 1908 - 410 pages
...prominent furniture of a rosewood bookcase! — Common-place Book. SIR, SAID DR. JOHNSON SAMUEL JOHNSON "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,... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - Anthologies - 1911 - 452 pages
...a book. He'll get better books afterwards. — S. JOHNSON. (BoswelPs Life.) AT LARGE IN THE LIBRARY 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,... | |
 | David Nicholas Schaffer - Endocrine glands - 1924 - 400 pages
...words. CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSIONS TO PART ONE "A child should not be discouraged from reading anything that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is...case, the child will soon find it out, and desist." —Dr. Johnson. BIOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY :— Of all our studies relative to the actual existence of material... | |
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I would put a child into a library (where no unfit books are) and let him read at his 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, the child will... 
