...remarkably dry ! " If the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid down at my feet," said Fenelon, " in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all ! " Dr. W. King was a remarkable Helluo librarian. It appeared from his loose papers, (termed Adcersarin,)...

...said the elegant and amiable Fénélon, "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." In surveying the extended field which Mr. Bcrington presents to our view, it is of importance to set...

...riches of both Indies," said Fenelon, " if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were lain at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." This is the sentiment of a great and good man, and will find an echo in the hearts of many to whom...

...SENTENCES. If the riches of the Indies, or 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. — Fenelon. I venerate old age ; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset...

...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." Despondency must take possession of his mind, and wretchedness must be his lot. How different it is...

...said, " If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at our feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." A great deal may be learned by observing what is going on around us. We can add to our stores of knowledge...

...says Fenelon, " the riches of the Indies, 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." "Were I to pray for a taste," says Sir John Herschel, " which should stand me in stead, under every...

...HEADING. — If the riches of the Indies, or 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 — Fcnelon. BEADING. — The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading. General principles must...

...declares, " If the riches of both 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 ;" — with Luther, who records a similar experience in these words, " I would advise, that whatsoever...

...said the amiable and elegant Fenelon, "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." Milton, speaking of young men when they quit the universities: "Now on the sudden transported under...