 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1823 - 288 pages
...a Shakespeare, deprived of kindred minds, and born amongst •savages — savages had died. CXXXVI. IN literature our taste will be discovered by that which we give, and our judgement by that which we withhold. CXXXVII. HE that shortens the road to knowledge, lengthens life... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1825 - 560 pages
...Newton or a Shakespeare, deprived of kindred minds, and born amongst savages—savages had died. CXXXVI. IN literature our taste will be discovered by that...give, and our judgment by that which we withhold. CXXXVII. HE that shortens the road to knowledge, lengthens life; and we are all of us more indebted... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...Connecticut, December, 14, 1807. It was observed about a quarter past six The day had just dawned, and there In literature, our taste will be discovered by that...give, and our judgment by that which we withhold. When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1836 - 494 pages
...a Newton or a Shakspeare, deprived of kindred minds, and born amongst savages — savages had died. In literature, our taste will be discovered by that which we give, and our judgment by that which wo withhold. He that shortens the road to knowledge, lengthens life ; and we are all of us more indebted... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...this is one of the most remarkable. It is .upposed that the meteor was more than a mile in diameter. In literature, our taste will be discovered by that which we give, end our judgment by that which we withhold. When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...this is one of the most remarkable. It is supposed that the meteor was more than a mile in diameter. In literature, our taste will be discovered by that...give, and our judgment by that which we withhold. When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because wo suspect their... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1866 - 380 pages
...we may repair to Oxford or to Cambridge ; but we must come to London,* if we would collate men. IK literature our taste will be discovered by that which...give, and our judgment by that which we withhold. t, LOGIC is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous.... | |
 | Charles Isaac Abee Chapman - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1880 - 124 pages
...and heroism of their fathers and mothers. The book is a small one : in Literature, it is said, ' ' our taste will be discovered by that which we give, and our judgment by that $ which we withhold." O 30 S3 CO FRANKLIN'S OATH: A TALE OF WYOMING 100 YEARS AGO. The glorious orb of day was sinking towards... | |
 | Baptists - 1881 - 302 pages
...Him. — Joubert. He that has light thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God. — Dr. Owens. In literature, our taste will be discovered by that...give, and our judgment by that which we withhold. — Lacon. Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one has ever thoroughly mastered all its keys.... | |
 | Benjamin Drew - Journalism - 1889 - 238 pages
...comma is required. 25. In a compound sentence, the comma is often inserted where a verb is omitted. In literature, our taste will be discovered by that which we give ; our judgment, by that which we withhold. In the pursuit of intellectual pleasure lies every virtue... | |
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HE that shortens the road to knowledge, lengthens life; and we are all of us more indebted than we believe' we are, to that class of writers whom Johnson termed " the pioneers of literature, doomed to clear away the dirt and the rubbish, for those... 
