 Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings, — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil ; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.  Annual Report - Sayfa 3Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) tarafından - 1861Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1849 - 770 sayfa
...distance we 1849.] Kavanagh. [July, have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. " Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings— as some savage tribes determine the power of rnu.-kets by their recoil ; that being considered the best which fnirly prostrates... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 168 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings;—as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 208 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings,—as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 204 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock...it gives their feelings, — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil ; that being considered best which fairly prostrates... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 376 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock...it gives their feelings, — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates... | |
 | 1856 - 570 sayfa
...force of his own mind employed upon the subjects before him; can talk sense. #, — Longfellow. IV/TANY readers judge of the. power of a Book by the shock it gives their feelings — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 498 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock...it gives their feelings, — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 868 sayfa
...cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock...it gives their feelings, — as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil ; that being considered best which fairly prostrates... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 sayfa
...tongues nnto the silent dead! /. LONGFELLOW— Sonnet on Mrs. КетЫе'з Reading from Shakespeare. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. '. u. LONGFELLOW— Kavanagh. Ch. УПТ, In science, read by preference, the newest works; in literature,... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 sayfa
...looking forward for things that are to come. In old age, we look backward to things that are past. Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings, as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil, that being the best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.... | |
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