The Book-hunter at HomePhilip Allan, 1920 - 391 páginas |
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... merely by obtruding it continually before his gaze , till at length its very presence becomes a source of annoyance to him . To escape from this incubus he purchases the volume . In nine cases out of ten , books so acquired never attain ...
... merely by obtruding it continually before his gaze , till at length its very presence becomes a source of annoyance to him . To escape from this incubus he purchases the volume . In nine cases out of ten , books so acquired never attain ...
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... merely stating that it was found ' in a corner by itself . ' ' We were shipwrecked , ' says the mariner , relating his adventures ; and in those three words what a world of incident and sensations is com- prised ! We frankly confess to ...
... merely stating that it was found ' in a corner by itself . ' ' We were shipwrecked , ' says the mariner , relating his adventures ; and in those three words what a world of incident and sensations is com- prised ! We frankly confess to ...
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... merely a pirated reprint of a volume that appeared in Paris some two years previously.1 But it is very , very rare , and it has been celebrated by many distinguished pens . ( " Monsieur , " said I , " pray forgive me if my question ...
... merely a pirated reprint of a volume that appeared in Paris some two years previously.1 But it is very , very rare , and it has been celebrated by many distinguished pens . ( " Monsieur , " said I , " pray forgive me if my question ...
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... merely a bookhunter devouring a rare ' find ' ; and the little book , he explained to Dumas , was one of those tiny volumes published in the seventeenth century by the house of the Elzeviers at Leyden and Amsterdam ; and of all the many ...
... merely a bookhunter devouring a rare ' find ' ; and the little book , he explained to Dumas , was one of those tiny volumes published in the seventeenth century by the house of the Elzeviers at Leyden and Amsterdam ; and of all the many ...
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... who had not suffered from it could imagine . People think that an interruption is merely the unhooking of an electric chain , and that the current will flow , when the chain is hooked on again , just as it The Library 47.
... who had not suffered from it could imagine . People think that an interruption is merely the unhooking of an electric chain , and that the current will flow , when the chain is hooked on again , just as it The Library 47.
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Página 185 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Página 135 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Página 129 - ... al noble lordes and ladyes wyth al other estates, of what estate or degree they been of, that shal see and rede in this sayd book and werke, that they take the good and honest actes in their remembraunce, and to folowe the same...
Página 367 - Be she as chaste as was Penelope, As wise as Saba, or as beautiful As was bright Lucifer before his fall.
Página 128 - And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of turneys, and of trophies hung, Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Página 367 - Philosophy is odious and obscure; Both law and physic are for petty wits; Divinity is basest of the three, Unpleasant, harsh, contemptible, and vile: 'Tis magic, magic, that hath ravish'd me.
Página 367 - Turns to them. Faust. Now would I have a book where I might see all characters and planets of the heavens, that I might know their motions and dispositions. Meph. Here they are too. Turns to them. Faust. Nay, let me have one book more, — and then I have done, — wherein I might see all plants, herbs, and trees that grow upon the earth.
Página 367 - Thanks, Mephistophilis: yet fain would I have a book wherein I might behold all spells and incantations, that I might raise up spirits when I please.
Página 54 - I love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be...
Página 44 - With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead:— " The dead," methinks a thousand tongues reply: " These are the tombs of such as cannot die ! " Crown'd with eternal fame, they sit sublime, " And laugh at all the little strife of time.