 | Sheldon and Company - 1886 - 208 Seiten
...be exercised in the selection of reading matter. —A. Ritchie. 6. If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid...exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. —Fe'nelon. 173. FLOWERS. Write from dictation, telling what you can of each. lll'y hy'a glnth tu'lip... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1888 - 884 Seiten
...all the wealth of both the Indies and the crowns of all the throned heads in Europe were laid at ray feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all " ? I have made no allusion to the use of supplementary readers in diffusing good literature in the... | |
 | 1908 - 728 Seiten
...despised which the Creator of the Universe made His own.—Leo the Great. 25. If the riches of both Indies, if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe,...exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.—Fenelon. 26. Honest praise is the best sort of criticism for those who will not rightly appreciate... | |
 | 1891 - 680 Seiten
...the value of reading the following words of Fénelon, " If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all," and at the same time knows how to instill this very love into children, is the person to whom should... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1893 - 464 Seiten
...of the relation of reading to culture that caused Fdnelon to say, " If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid...exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." A course of well-selected reading introduces the reader to the brightest and best minds of all ages... | |
 | 1893 - 492 Seiten
...only once: "Quiz, Jack; thy frown9 vex.—GD Plumb." If the riches of the Indies, says Fenelon, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love for reading, I would spurn them all. The ancient Scandinavians employed an alphabet of letters formed... | |
 | 1897 - 560 Seiten
...to the members of the Georgia Library Association speaks for itself. If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid...exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.—Fenelon. A discriminating taste in literature is not to be gained without effort, and our constant... | |
 | Manie Sands - 1897 - 106 Seiten
...or none at all, that we shall have none but our own." Fenelon.—" If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid...exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." THE LAW 1s ALWAYS REVEALING ITSELF. Rep. Relig. Filos. Science and Filosofy read and interpret the... | |
 | Boston Public Library - 1899 - 802 Seiten
...refuge and comfort of adversity." " If the riches of both Indies," says Fe"nelou, " if the crowns of the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." These seem extravagant words. They exhaust the language of eulogy. But riches and crowns are but adventitious... | |
 | Lilian Whiting - 1901 - 432 Seiten
...Sent," "Kate Field, a Record," "Study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning," etc. If the crowns of the world were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. — F&NBLON . BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1901 Harvard College Library Augr. 23, 1916 Bstato... | |
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all this is lost to him. He cannot, with Fenelon, say—" If all the riches of both the Indies, if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. 
