Books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason ; — they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Diamond Dust - Page 24by Eliza Cook - 1865 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
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...distant prospect eannot be seen to advantage in this part of India. — Bishop Heber. BOOKS. M AX v books require no thought from. those who read them,...they made no such demand upon those who wrote them ! Those works therefore are the most valuable that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation;... | |
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...ardour of the lover, that lends ambition her ladder, and extracts the thorns from a crown. CCXLVIII. MANY books require no thought from those who read...they made no such demand, upon those who wrote them. Those wofks there, fore are the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation.... | |
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| 1848 - 812 pages
...thin£. should call into exercise the reasoning faculties. "Many books," says the author of Lacón, "require no thought from those who read them, and...they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Those works, therefore, are the most valuable that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation.... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
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