...happiness and cheerfulness t (luring life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amis* the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading Give a this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of in. him a happy man;...

...to pray," says Sir John Herschell, " for a taste which should, under every variety of circumstances, be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through...speak of it of course only as a worldly advantage, anil not in the slightest degree as superseding or derogating from the higher office, and surer and...

...most cultivated metropolis in the world, says : " If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances,...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading." Yet it is now proposed to colonize the broad regions of the West with millions of our fellow-beings,...

...Assize Sermon at Cambridge, by the Rev. Harvey Goodwin* WEJIE I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon...

...pray for . taste, says Herschell, which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me...against its ills — however things might go amiss, and tho world frown upon me — it would be a taste for reading. • I speak of it, of course, only us...

...stand by us under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happinessand cheerfulness tous through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go, it would be for that of reading, the most lasting and agreeable of all enjoyments which this world...

...desires. E. READING. " IF," says Sir John Herschel, " I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...course, only as a worldly advantage, and not in the least degree as superseding the higher office and surer and stronger protection of religious principles;...

...stead under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things...world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. Give a man this taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy...

...taste," says Sir John Herschell, " which would stand me in stead under every variety of circumstance, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me...life, and a shield against its ills, however things may go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course,...

...— Coleridge 's Table- Talk. A LOVE OF LITERATURE. "Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances,...and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon...