The Book-hunter at HomeG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920 - 391 páginas |
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... natural obstinacy in refusing , or carelessness in neglecting , to defer the matter to your better judgment . Thus it is only right that whatever praise may be bestowed upon this book should be accorded to you ; my shoulders alone must ...
... natural obstinacy in refusing , or carelessness in neglecting , to defer the matter to your better judgment . Thus it is only right that whatever praise may be bestowed upon this book should be accorded to you ; my shoulders alone must ...
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... nature endures , bargains in books no less among them . The rich finds of which the aged bookseller dreams are bargains only in the light of present- day prices . As a matter of fact , the great majority of them were not really bargains ...
... nature endures , bargains in books no less among them . The rich finds of which the aged bookseller dreams are bargains only in the light of present- day prices . As a matter of fact , the great majority of them were not really bargains ...
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... nature prevailed , and sorrowfully we returned the volume to his hands . the customer , and if so would he back for us ? Certainly he would . came a letter saying that the customer was also a collector of these things , but that he was ...
... nature prevailed , and sorrowfully we returned the volume to his hands . the customer , and if so would he back for us ? Certainly he would . came a letter saying that the customer was also a collector of these things , but that he was ...
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... natural to suppose that a great number must have utterly disappeared.'1 It is not for want of enterprise that so many of these books have not so far been recovered . The smaller and more remote towns , even villages , of these islands ...
... natural to suppose that a great number must have utterly disappeared.'1 It is not for want of enterprise that so many of these books have not so far been recovered . The smaller and more remote towns , even villages , of these islands ...
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... nature of its con- tents , its habitat must always have been the kitchen rather than the library . How long would such a tiny volume , with its 130 thin paper leaves , bear the rough and greasy handling of chefs and ' pastissiers ...
... nature of its con- tents , its habitat must always have been the kitchen rather than the library . How long would such a tiny volume , with its 130 thin paper leaves , bear the rough and greasy handling of chefs and ' pastissiers ...
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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 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 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 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.
Página 68 - In horrid climes, where Chiloe's tempests sweep Tumultuous murmurs o'er the troubled deep, 'Twas his to mourn Misfortune's rudest shock, Scourged by the winds, and cradled on the rock, To wake each joyless...
Página 136 - He had small need of books ; for many a tale Traditionary, round the mountains hung, And many a legend, peopling the dark woods, Nourished Imagination in her growth, And gave the Mind that apprehensive power By which she is made quick to recognise The moral properties and scope of things.
Página 45 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happiness.
Página 52 - I live undisturbed by rumour, and free from the anxious solicitudes of hope or fear, conversing only with myself and my books. True and genuine life ! pleasing and honourable repose ! More, perhaps, to be desired than the noblest...