 It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil ; and there are very few instances of those who have added to their patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence. Poetry and gaming which usually go together are alike in this too, that they seldom bring...  The North American Review - Página 405editado por - 1847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1835 - 932 páginas
...ParnassuH. It is a pleasant air, buta barren soil; and there are very few instances of lijos«! «ho have added to their patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence. Poelry and gaining, which usually go together, are alike in this too, :hat they seldom bring any advantage,... | |
 | 1847 - 784 páginas
...before it in print had undergone the same fate. Old John Locke — rather a prosaic and plain spoken character it is true — declared many years ago that...pleasant air, but a barren soil ; and there are very fuw instances of those who have added to their patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence."... | |
 | 1854 - 604 páginas
...There is much more to the same purpose. " It is very seldom seen," he adds, " that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil." With such insensibility to the beautiful, and such strong "utilitarian" bias, we need not wonder that... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1855 - 428 páginas
...There is much more to the same purpose. ' It is very seldom seen,' he adds, ' that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil.' With such insensibility to the beautiful, and such strong ' utilitarian ' bias, we need not wonder... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1859 - 686 páginas
...likely to spend his time in, nay, and estate too ; for it is very seldom seen that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant...patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence. Poetry and gaming, which usually go together, are alike in this too, that they seldom bring any advantage,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1859 - 660 páginas
...likely to spend his time in, nay, and estate too ; for it is very seldom seen that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant...patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence. Poetry and gaming, whieh usually go together, are alike in this too, that they seldom bring any advantage,... | |
 | 1859 - 736 páginas
...likely to spend his time in, nay, and estate too ; for it is very seldom seen that any one disoovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant air, bnt a barren soil ; and there are very few instances of those who have added to their patrimony by... | |
 | 1861 - 798 páginas
...him bid defiance to all other callings and business. It is very seldom seen that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil. Poetry and gaming usually go together. If therefore you would not have your son the fiddle to every... | |
 | 1861 - 804 páginas
...him bid defiance to all other callings and business. It is very seldom seen that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil. Poetry and gaming usually go together. If therefore you would not have your son the fiddle to every... | |
 | Robert Hebert Quick - 1868 - 360 páginas
...like to spend his time in, nay, and estate too ; for it is very seldom seen that any one discovers mines of gold or silver in Parnassus. It is a pleasant...instances of those who have added to their patrimony by anything they have reaped from thence. Poetry and gaming, which usually go together, are alike in this... | |
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