 | 576 ˹éÒ
...gratification. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making ahappy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — witli the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1835 - 542 ˹éÒ
...gratification. Qive a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his...period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him... | |
 | 1838 - 544 ˹éÒ
...gratification. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | 1838 - 274 ˹éÒ
...gratification. Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands...period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest — with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 300 ˹éÒ
...happy man ; unless, indeed, a most perverse selection of books is put into his hands. He is placed in contact with the best society, in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest ; with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest, characters, which have adorned humanity. It is hardly... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 ˹éÒ
...gratification. 2. Give a man this taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most preverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society of every period of history... | |
 | 1859 - 880 ˹éÒ
...gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hand a most perverse selection of books. You place him...period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, and the tenderesl, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1846 - 578 ˹éÒ
...for reading Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world... | |
 | Friedrich von Schlegel, James Burton Robertson - 1846 - 544 ˹éÒ
...for reading Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world... | |
 | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller - 1846 - 538 ˹éÒ
...for reading Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his...tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world... | |
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Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. 
