 | 1836 - 378 pàgines
...strangely beautiful eastern tales that fascinate our childhood, and rarely lose their charm in oar riper years, you all recollect how the gorgeous imagination...desire them intensely, and they become his own ; for they are to be found the Genii of arts, able to change the face of nature and subdue the very elements... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pàgines
...potent command than the one of oriental fable. To the young student of our own times and country, the 3 Thus armed, he may climb the Muse's mount, or penetrate...deepest retreats of science. There he will find hoards 4 more precious than countless gold, or priceless gems. He has but to desire them intensely, and they... | |
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... sapphires, and emeralds, and diamonds, of all of which the mystic talisman he unconsciously bears in his bosom has made him the lord. To the young student of our own times and country, the discipline of a thorough education is that talisman ; though... 