 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...read long together with a folio on his table. " Books," said he, " that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all." ' Johnson's Works (1787), xi. 197. See also The Idler, No. 67, and/w/, April 12, 1776, and under Sept.... | |
 | 1837 - 504 páginas
...the church at large. It was well observed by Dr. Johnson — " Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on, when he would have been frightened at books of a larger size, and of... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1830 - 440 páginas
... f THE FAMILY LIBRARY. " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IN YOUR HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF... | |
 | John Galt - 1830 - 352 páginas
...poetry " THE END. TO THE PUBLIC. " Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your kant^ are the most useful after all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on, when he would have been frightened at books of a larger size, and of... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 376 páginas
... ibb% 4 " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IN YOUR HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO CO ON, TV HEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - 1831 - 452 páginas
...quotation by which Mr. Murray recommends me to his customers — ' that you may carry to the ' fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most ' useful after all. A man will often look at them, ' and be tempted to go on, when he would have ' been frightened at books of a larger size or... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1831 - 320 páginas
...elegance, is also worthy of approbation." — Oriental Herald. " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IN YOUR HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF... | |
 | Francis Palgrave - 1831 - 450 páginas
...quotation by which Mr. Murray recommends me to his customers — ' that you may carry to the ' fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most ' useful after all. A man will often look at them, ' and be tempted to go on, when he would have ' been frightened at books of a larger size or... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1831 - 372 páginas
...Portraits, UiographlraJ Sketches. Aa HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARY. w Bootes that you may carry to the foe, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. A man will iy Cc/t look at them, and be tempted to go on, when he would have been frightened at books of a larger... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 424 páginas
...deduction.—GIFFORD. END OF voL. I. LONDON: " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IV YOUR HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF... | |
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. 
