 | Thomas Fuller - Conduct of life - 1731 - 526 pages
...Difficulty. 99" To divert at any time a troublefome Fancy, 'tis but to run to thy Books: they prefently fix thee to them, and drive the other out of thy Thoughts. They always receive thee with the fame Kindnefi. 998 Make not War upon the Hypocrites and Flatterers; thou wilt have too many Enemies... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 584 pages
...all, it would have been in good taste to have had a little religion in it." Old Fuller says : — " To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to...They always receive thee with the same kindness." Southey has a similar sentiment; he says : — " I no sooner set foot in a library, and fasten the... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 588 pages
...all, it would have been in good taste to have had a little religion in it." Old Fuller says : — " To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to...and drive the other out of thy thoughts. They always reccive thee with the same kindness." Southey has a similar sentiment; he says : — "I no sooner set... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...fellows, in their leathern jackets, in thy study, which will find thee excellent divertiseraent at home. To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to...books ; they presently fix thee to them, and drive Ihe other out of thy thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness." And there is an old... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...and digestion which makes Books serviceable, and gives health and vigour to the mind. J,— Fuller. TO divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to...thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness. Uflflfceu — Tom Brown. "PLAYS and Eomances sell as well as Books of Devotion; but with this difference... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1858 - 776 pages
...punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody." BOOKS. To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to...thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness. — Fuller. THE SAINTED DEAD. s guard the sainted dead ! Let them rest from toil and care, "With, the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...any time, a troublesome fancy, run to thy E--O«. They presently fix thee to them, and drive the Mber out of thy thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness." — FÜLLER. " It i= manifest that all government of action is to be got;-i by knowledge, and knowledge,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1030 pages
...FLETCHER. "Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use." DENHAM. "To divert, at any time, a troublesome fancy, run...They always receive thee with the same kindness." — FULLER. " It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1028 pages
...FLETCHER. " Books should to one of these four ends conduce, Tor wisdom, piety, delight, or use." HI-MUM. * W - 9 ~ ? 13 O_ Anµ ] B E ×b l Ȑ k W_ } Գ ... }) b }4 M ڿ U+I k )v ] ϒk ` t C O — FULLER. " It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotton by knowledge, and knowledge,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1854 - 562 pages
...own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves. — Colton. To divert atany time a troublesome fancy, run to thy books ; they...thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness. — Fuller. the natural indication of old age ; such is not the fact. I have seen grey hairs in children... | |
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To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to thy books ; they presently fix thee to them, and drive the other out of thy thoughts. They always receive thee with the same kindness. 
