 We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits . . so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and...  Scribners Monthly - Seite 1091874Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 418 Seiten
...withoutjthe vicar ; read my books, WitlBsirTcohsidering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. Wo get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And...plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, knpassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — K^-^Z'Tis then we get the right good from a book.... | |
 | 1865 - 652 Seiten
...promised by it, we are sure to miss the greatest good of it. Mrs. Browning well states the case : " We get no good By being ungenerous even to a book And...forget ourselves and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, in a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty or salt of truth, 'Tis then we get the right good... | |
 | Hiram Corson - 1867 - 54 Seiten
...passively under the influence of our author. "We get no good/' says Mrs. Browning, in her " Aurora Leigh," "By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating...— ; Tis then we get the right good from a book." The sensibilities are the peculiar domain of the Fine Arts, and by a transcendent preeminence of the... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 406 Seiten
...elevate and kindle their aspirations. Mrs. Browning has said, and doubtless from her own experience, " We get no good By being ungenerous even to a book And...truth— ' Tis then we get the right good from a book." 3. We add another rule, to correct any excess or abuse in the application of the foregoing, viz.: We... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 392 Seiten
...elevate and kindle their aspirations. Mrs. Browning has said, and doubtless from her own experience, " We get no good By being ungenerous even to a book And...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul -forward, headlong, into a book's profound Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — '... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 Seiten
...without the vicar ; read my Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And...rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul- forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 408 Seiten
...help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul .forward, headlong, into a book's profound Impassioned for its...— ' Tis then we get the right good from a book." 3. We add another rule, to correct any excess or abuse in the application of the foregoing, viz. :... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 Seiten
...her own experience, " We get no good By being ungenerous even to a book And ealculating profits, BO much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves and plunge Soul- forward, headlong, into a book's profound Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — '... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 428 Seiten
...the vicar ; read my books, Without considering whether they were tit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And...truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book. I read much. What my father taught before From many a volume, Love re-emphasised Upon the self-same... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 Seiten
...the vicar ; read my books, Without considering whether they were fit To do me good. Mark, there. We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And...truth— 'Tis then we get the right good from a book. I read much. What my father taught before From many a volume, Love re-emphasised Upon the self-same... | |
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