Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man 'cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good... A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers - Página 113por Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 531 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1880 - 402 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature," But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, cot which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which...entertained by ; which even make us dangerous to existing institutions—such I call good hooks." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books,"... | |
| 1880 - 798 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature.' But the literature he loved was of tht heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...one would not be entertained by ; which even make us danger262 HENRY DAVID THOREAU. 263 ous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did... | |
| 1880 - 400 páginas
...loved was of the heroic order. " Books, rot which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which etiuh thought is of unusual daring ; such as an idle man...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books," he says, " even if... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1882 - 492 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. "Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment,...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books," he says, " even if... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1882 - 474 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institutions—such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. " The heroic books,"... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 560 páginas
...him who doth not worship ; and where, O Arjoon, is there another? " Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who...they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are of tener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 560 páginas
...Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought ia of unusual daring ; atich as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, whinli ftven male ft us da.pgi}rniia fr* .existing institutions, ^aich call I jjood books. All that... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 430 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature. " But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. ' ' Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 422 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions— such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 428 páginas
...unexaggerated as in the light of literature." But the literature he loved was of the heroic order. " Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but...make us dangerous to existing institutions — such I call good books." He did not think them easy to be read. "The heroic books," he says, "even if printed... | |
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