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" If the riches of both Indies, if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. "
The Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Educational Association - Page 517
by National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1888
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 1

1823 - 600 pages
...remarkably dry ! " If the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid down at my feet," said Fenelon, " in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all ! " Dr. W. King was a remarkable Helluo librarian. It appeared from his loose papers, (termed Adcersarin,)...
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 3-4

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...said the elegant and amiable Fénélon, "if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." In surveying the extended field which Mr. Bcrington presents to our view, it is of importance to set...
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Duties of Young Men: Exhibited in Six Lectures; with an Anniversary Address ...

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1840 - 224 pages
...riches of both Indies," said Fenelon, " if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were lain at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." This is the sentiment of a great and good man, and will find an echo in the hearts of many to whom...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33

1878 - 300 pages
...SENTENCES. If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. — Fenelon. I venerate old age ; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset...
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 34

Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1856 - 844 pages
...If all the riches of both the Indies, if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." Despondency must take possession of his mind, and wretchedness must be his lot. How different it is...
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A Manual of Morals for Common Schools

Arethusa Hall - 1849 - 230 pages
...said, " If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at our feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." A great deal may be learned by observing what is going on around us. We can add to our stores of knowledge...
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Lectures to Young Men on Their Dangers, Safeguards, and Responsibilities

Rev. Daniel Smith - 1852 - 278 pages
...says Fenelon, " the riches of the Indies, the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." "Were I to pray for a taste," says Sir John Herschel, " which should stand me in stead, under every...
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...HEADING. — If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would, spurn them all — Fcnelon. BEADING. — The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading. General principles must...
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The United Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 10

1856 - 588 pages
...declares, " If the riches of both Indies, if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all ;" — with Luther, who records a similar experience in these words, " I would advise, that whatsoever...
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The Williams Quarterly, Volumes 4-5

1857 - 818 pages
...said the amiable and elegant Fenelon, "if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." Milton, speaking of young men when they quit the universities: "Now on the sudden transported under...
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