...inspire the master with more kindly wlings towards them, than this friendly and heartPeering feast. HE who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings...superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vereed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, As children gathering...

...the principle, that in examining a work of new character and of high pretensions, (') «He who reads and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, « will in vain hope either to appreciate its merits with justice, or to extract from it that pure...

...diligent meditation, we acquire something which may truly be called our own : for, as Milton says, " Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...remains. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself." I have thus indicated some of the answers which may be given to the three great questions that arise...

...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.' Many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains— Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself. 2 Perhaps no writer has borrowed so little, and is so well...

...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have'said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek ? ) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...

...famine, so does besotted ignorance change the soul's refection to a thing of mere seeming. " Who reads, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled yet remains ; Deep versed in books, but shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And...

...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome ; th oar and sail. As when a gryphon, through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or m (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd...

...emphasis in the application which Milton's words bear to the state of our own country at this time : — Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep verst in books, and shallow in himself . Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice...

...to have prefixed to his collection Milton's lines, ' Many books. Wise men h'ivc said, are wearKume ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...• Uncertain and unsettled still remains— Deep verted in buoks and .\halloiv in hiniselj* This work is a mere emptying of an (other than) extensive...

...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truta lay all undiscovered before me.'— Spence't Anécdota, p-*4Who bers I And what he brings what need» he elsewhere юлП Uncertain and unsettled still remains; Deep versed...