C[ Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer,... Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Página 3181845Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Dawson Hoffman - 1927 - 400 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...and while he enjoys himself there he may forget the evSs of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something... | |
| Frances Noyes Hart - 1927 - 344 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. 'Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives hint something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Kathleen Thompson Norris - 1926 - 378 páginas
...there is nothing like' reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. 'Nay, it accompanies him to his next .day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Francis Beeding - 1928 - 344 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and interesting scene, and while he tnjoys himself there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his... | |
| Richard Austin Freeman - 1928 - 326 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Harold Bell Wright - 1927 - 376 páginas
...entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and mure diversified and interesting scene, and while he enjoys...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next darfs work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Bess Streeter Aldrich - 1925 - 378 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Eleanor Atkinson - 1912 - 312 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book, it calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere... | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart - 1925 - 328 páginas
...there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...interesting scene, and while he enjoys himself there Jie may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and... | |
| 2005 - 145 páginas
...It calls for no bodily exertion. It relieves his home of its dulness and sameness. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and...there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and if the book he has been reading be anything above... | |
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