The Book-hunter at HomeG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920 - 391 páginas |
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... Doubtless every bibliophile is perpetually on the look - out for treasures , and it is essential that he learn , early in his career , to make up his mind at once concerning an out - of - the - way book . He who hesitates is lost , and ...
... Doubtless every bibliophile is perpetually on the look - out for treasures , and it is essential that he learn , early in his career , to make up his mind at once concerning an out - of - the - way book . He who hesitates is lost , and ...
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... doubtless prevent the disappearance of a good many English books of lesser import- ance , such as school books and other works that are quickly superseded . But before the passing of this Act there was nothing to prevent an unpopular 14 ...
... doubtless prevent the disappearance of a good many English books of lesser import- ance , such as school books and other works that are quickly superseded . But before the passing of this Act there was nothing to prevent an unpopular 14 ...
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... doubtless considered as little worthy of preservation as is the modern ' penny dreadful . ' ' But , when we consider how very many of these early books have come down to our time only in single copies or even fragments out of an edition ...
... doubtless considered as little worthy of preservation as is the modern ' penny dreadful . ' ' But , when we consider how very many of these early books have come down to our time only in single copies or even fragments out of an edition ...
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... doubtless we shall find a copy one day , provided our luck holds good . The little Pastissier ' is a far more interesting volume than the ' Cæsar . ' The latter is a dainty book , beautifully printed upon fine paper , with folding maps ...
... doubtless we shall find a copy one day , provided our luck holds good . The little Pastissier ' is a far more interesting volume than the ' Cæsar . ' The latter is a dainty book , beautifully printed upon fine paper , with folding maps ...
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... doubtless level , now gently and gracefully undulating so that it seemed about to fall from off the wall to which it was attached . But the walls had also subsided with the gallery , so that the whole still showed a symmetry that was ...
... doubtless level , now gently and gracefully undulating so that it seemed about to fall from off the wall to which it was attached . But the walls had also subsided with the gallery , so that the whole still showed a symmetry that was ...
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Página 183 - 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 133 - 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 127 - ... 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 365 - 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 365 - Be she as chaste as was Penelope, As wise as Saba, or as beautiful As was bright Lucifer before his fall.
Página 126 - 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 365 - 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 224 - ... the free and ingenuous sort of such as evidently were born to study and love learning for itself, not for lucre, or any other end but the service of God and of truth, and perhaps that lasting fame and perpetuity of praise which God and good men have consented shall be the reward of those whose published labours advance the good of mankind...
Página 365 - 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 52 - 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...