 READING is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by the one health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated ; by the other virtue, which is the health of the mind, is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.  The Tatler - Page 171by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...His glorious throne, And minds the covenant between all and One. s. VAUOHAN — The Rainbow. BEADING. 96 t. ADDISON— Tlie Taller. No. 147. Reading makcth a full man. u. BACON — Of Studies. We have not... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Self-Help - 1896 - 344 pages
...from the drudgery of the pen and the commonplace book." " Reading is to the mind," says Addison, " what exercise is to the body. As by the one health...the mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed." ' ' There is a world of science necessary in choosing books," said Bulwer. "I have known some people... | |
 | 1903 - 450 pages
...a similar thought when he wrote: "Reading is to the mind what exercla* 1» to th« body. A* by ti« one health is preserved, strengthened and invigorated,...virtue, which is the health of the mind, is kept alive, i herished and confirmed." JAu-thermore, we should read l>ecause of that doiiglitful companionship... | |
 | Enoch Pratt Free Library - 1910 - 886 pages
...suited to the reader, the words of Sir Richard Steele, in the Tattler, No. 147, are true, namely : "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body....and confirmed. But as exercise becomes tedious and 42 painful, when we make use of it only as the means of health, so reading is apt to grow uneasy and... | |
 | Edith Belle Lowry - Sex - 1910 - 104 pages
...time comes for you to marry and have a baby you will know just how to care for it. —57— Beading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by...the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed. Addison. CHAPTER VI BUILDING THE NEST that I have told you so many things about the mothernest, especially... | |
 | Books - 1907 - 156 pages
...is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times. Steele. — Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by the one health is preserved, strengthened, invigorated, by the other virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.... | |
 | James Ormond Wilson - Spellers - 1912 - 136 pages
...physiology lessons. 68 symp'toms mea'sles mala'ria survive' phy si' cian rem' e dy cough' ing poi' son 69 Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body, as by the one health is preserved, strengthened, invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.—STEELE... | |
 | Best books - 1913 - 52 pages
...of Business English" (Pitman). Supplementary: Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities." FOURTH TERM— FICTION Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body....strengthened, and invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed. — ADDISON. All Sorts of Folks in Our... | |
 | William A. Murrill - 1919 - 300 pages
...Langford In science, read by preference the newest works; in literature, the oldest. Bulwer-Lytton Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body....the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed. Addison CARE Care will kill a cat. George Wither CAUTION Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,... | |
 | Frederick Houk Law - English language - 1921 - 392 pages
...need a heart 5 a good prayer tho often used is still fresh and fair in the ears and eyes of heaven 6 reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body as by 7 the present is the living sum total of the whole past 8 as turning the logs will make a dull fire... | |
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