The Book-hunter at HomeG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920 - 391 páginas |
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... Doubtless those whose habit it is to work at that season produce just as good work in those hours . as at any other time ; possibly better , for habit may have accustomed them to put forth their 1 In one monastery , however , they were ...
... Doubtless those whose habit it is to work at that season produce just as good work in those hours . as at any other time ; possibly better , for habit may have accustomed them to put forth their 1 In one monastery , however , they were ...
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... Doubtless they obtained the necessary solitude by spiritual detachment . But on the other hand , for intense and prolonged meditation , for the communing with one's innermost soul on the immense principles of life and nature , for the ...
... Doubtless they obtained the necessary solitude by spiritual detachment . But on the other hand , for intense and prolonged meditation , for the communing with one's innermost soul on the immense principles of life and nature , for the ...
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... Doubtless few of us realised at the outset of our careers as book collectors , how completely we should be mastered by this love of books . Who did not think that it comprised but occasional visits to the book - shops and bookstalls ...
... Doubtless few of us realised at the outset of our careers as book collectors , how completely we should be mastered by this love of books . Who did not think that it comprised but occasional visits to the book - shops and bookstalls ...
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... Doubtless he found solace among his books , for here at least he could digress to his heart's content . Although , from a worldly point of view , side- ( tracks are fatal to success , yet they are 74 The Book - Hunter at Home.
... Doubtless he found solace among his books , for here at least he could digress to his heart's content . Although , from a worldly point of view , side- ( tracks are fatal to success , yet they are 74 The Book - Hunter at Home.
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... Doubtless the friend to whom the letter was indited was highly edified by the aged doctor's learning , yet one cannot conceive that he would be greatly consoled by being informed , when discussing the patient's cough , that ' in ...
... Doubtless the friend to whom the letter was indited was highly edified by the aged doctor's learning , yet one cannot conceive that he would be greatly consoled by being informed , when discussing the patient's cough , that ' in ...
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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...