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" The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. "
The Medical World - Page 37
1892
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. g. GOLDSMITH— The Citizen of the World. Letter LXXV. u-u u3o4o r 11 one. A. GOLDSMITH — The Citizen of the World. Letter LXXXIII. A man ought to read just as inclination...
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Opportunities for Culture

Jeannette M. Dougherty - Self-culture - 1899 - 52 pages
...are men, will be our favorites. He who writes from the heart will write to the heart. ISAAC DISRAELI. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me as if I had gained a new friend; when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting...
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Writing in English: A Modern School Composition

William Henry Maxwell, George James Smith, George Jay Smith - English language - 1900 - 284 pages
...and feathers. — Scott. 8. Every phrase was a calamity like the blows of a bludgeon. — Balzac. 9. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. — Goldsmith. 10. He received my arguments with his mouth open, like a poorbox, gaping for half-pence,...
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In Praise of Books: A Vade Mecum for Book-lovers

Books - 1901 - 140 pages
...the ruling passion of my life, and the great source of my enjoyments. OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1728-1774. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. WILLIAM DODD, 1729-1777. Books, dear books, Have been, and are my comforts, morn and night, Adversity,...
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The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors: 1825-1854

Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1902 - 808 pages
...than the poor planter dies. — MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY, 1755, Written at Louvere. The first time 1 read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. — GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, 1762, A Citizen of the World,Letter\xx.xni. A desire of knowledge is the...
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The Crane Reader, Volume 4

Readers - 1902 - 364 pages
...richest and happiest of the children of men. LANGFORD. The first time I read an excellent book, it seems to me just as if I had gained a new friend; when I...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. GOLDSMITH. Half the gossip of society would perish if the books that are truly worth reading were...
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Essentials of English Composition

Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - English language - 1902 - 306 pages
...the world. MlTFORD. 4. A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud. • — GUTHRIE. 5. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. — GOLDSMITH. 6. Learning is a sceptre to some, a bauble to others. PROVERB. 7. The honey-bee goes...
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My Favorite Book-shelf: A Collection of Interesting & Instructive Reading ...

Charles Josselyn - California - 1903 - 320 pages
...they have known it long. There is an unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a volunteer student. The first time I read an excellent book it is to me...friend. When I read over a book I have perused before Friendship in it resembles the meeting with an old one. We Books. ought to lay hold of every incident...
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The Fifth Reader

Readers, American - 1905 - 474 pages
...— disciplined: drilled; well-trained. — felling: bringing to the ground. — ensued: followed. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. 192 A wild youth, wayward, but full of tenderness and affection, quits the country village where...
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Studies in American and British Literature

Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - American literature - 1905 - 614 pages
...show me your nest, with the young ones in it; T I will not steal them away; "The first time I road an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. "— Goldsmith. CHAPTER IX. FAMOUS EARLY BRITISH NOVELISTS. "A blessing on the printer's art!...
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