 | 1895 - 548 páginas
...kinds of topics. Bishop Butler long ago censured this habit of desultory reading, by which, he says, " time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of without the pain of attention," so that no " part of it is spent with less thought than great part of that which is spent in reading."... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 566 páginas
...with and humour, this idle way of reading and confidering things. By this means, time even in folitude is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention...fcarce forbear faying, is fpent with lefs thought, than PREFACE. iii than great part of that which is fpent in read• «•***ing. Thus people habituate themfelves... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1878 - 810 páginas
...books of amusement which daily come in one's way, have in part occasioned this idle way of considering things. By this means time, even in solitude, is happily...neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying is spent with less thought, than great part of that which is... | |
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... this idle way of reading and considering things. . By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention ^ Neither is any; part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, -is spent... 
