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 | Robert Newton Linscott - Children - 1912 - 154 pages
...greatly add to the interest of the stories in this volume. VOLUME V. STORIES FROM SEVEN OLD FAVORITES " The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...read over a book I have perused before, it resembles a meeting with an old one."—OLIVEH GOLDSMITH. THE STORIES THEIR SOURCE Christian Passes through the... | |
 | Robert Newton Linscott - Children - 1912 - 152 pages
...greatly add to the interest of the stories in this volume. VOLUME V. STORIES FROM SEVEN OLD FAVORITES " The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...just as if I had gained a new friend; when I read we-r. book I have perused before, it resembles a meeting with an old one." — OLIVER GOLDSMITH. THE... | |
 | Best books - 1913 - 52 pages
...Hoffman, the Rev. Dr. William H. Morgan, Judge Harry V. Osborne, Mr. RC Jenkinson, and Mr. Jerry M. Cobb. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. — GOLDSMITH. The following list has been compiled in response to numerous requests... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Conduct of life - 1913 - 446 pages
...hovel, and he will give him his best. Oliver Goldsmith once said: "The first time I read an interesting book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend;...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one." It might be truly said that those who have no friendship for books can live only a half life.... | |
 | E. Walter Walters - Bibliomania - 1913 - 152 pages
...they not place us in gracious and distinguished company ? In his charming way, Goldsmith whispers, ' 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 1 have perused before, it resembles the meeting... | |
 | Orton Lowe - Children - 1914 - 344 pages
...Venus who brings every thing that's fair.'" CHAPTER III BOOKS TO BE OWNED, TO BE READ, AND TO BE REREAD "The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one." — GOLDSMITH. JUST how far... | |
 | Connecticut. Public Library Committee - 1893 - 1486 pages
...stories in English literature How books are made in King's Picturesque geographical readers volume 3 The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. Goldsmith My book and heart Must never part. New England primer A blessed companion is a book, —... | |
 | North Carolina Library Commission - 1921 - 208 pages
...thought, gained or been, it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." — Carlyle. "The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me as if I had gained a new friend." — Goldsmith. "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good... | |
 | Children's literature - 1922 - 76 pages
...Webster, Lincoln, Watterson, Beveridge, Schurz, Van Dyke) 815 Sh9 THIRD YEAR Group 7: Fiction (3A) The first time I read an excellent book, it is to...perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. — GOLDSMITH. Varieties of Humanity Austen, Jane : Northanger Abbey Barrie, Sir James M. : A... | |
 | Lyman Abbott, Asa Don Dickinson - Books and reading - 1924 - 250 pages
...IV. Burgess's The Bohemians of Boston, 7-Pt. II:141-143 T1wbeIIa a Htnda 413 Madison St Dtover, vi The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just us if I had gained a new friend; when I read over a book I hose perused before, it resembles the meeting... | |
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