The book-lover's enchiridion, thoughts, selected and arranged by Philobiblos. by A. Ireland1884 |
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... turns her face once more in kindness upon me before I go , I may chance , some quiet day , to lay my over - beating temples on a book , and so have the death I most envy . It is lawful for the solitary wight to express the CHARLES LAMB .
... turns her face once more in kindness upon me before I go , I may chance , some quiet day , to lay my over - beating temples on a book , and so have the death I most envy . It is lawful for the solitary wight to express the CHARLES LAMB .
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... turn over now one Book , and then another , of various Subjects without Method or Design : One while I meditate , another I record , and dictate as I walk to and fro , such Whimsies as these with which I here present you . ' Tis in the ...
... turn over now one Book , and then another , of various Subjects without Method or Design : One while I meditate , another I record , and dictate as I walk to and fro , such Whimsies as these with which I here present you . ' Tis in the ...
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... turns that Way Where Judgment lies . And tho ' we cannot find The certain Place of Truth ; yet do they stay , And entertain us near about the same : And give the Soul the best Delight that may Enchear LORD BACON - SAMUEL DANIEL . 31.
... turns that Way Where Judgment lies . And tho ' we cannot find The certain Place of Truth ; yet do they stay , And entertain us near about the same : And give the Soul the best Delight that may Enchear LORD BACON - SAMUEL DANIEL . 31.
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... turn off these most manly , reasonable , noble exercises of scholarship ? a hawk becomes their fist better than a book ; no dog but is a better company : any thing or nothing , rather than what we ought . O minds brutishly sensual ! Do ...
... turn off these most manly , reasonable , noble exercises of scholarship ? a hawk becomes their fist better than a book ; no dog but is a better company : any thing or nothing , rather than what we ought . O minds brutishly sensual ! Do ...
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... turn over out of choice : these out of duty . Ere I can have sate unto weariness , my family , having now overcome all house- hold distractions , invites me to our common devotions ; not without some short preparation . These heartily ...
... turn over out of choice : these out of duty . Ere I can have sate unto weariness , my family , having now overcome all house- hold distractions , invites me to our common devotions ; not without some short preparation . These heartily ...
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Page 229 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Page 121 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 165 - I must confess that I dedicate no inconsiderable portion of my time to other people's thoughts. I dream away my life in others' speculations. I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading ; I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.
Page 193 - It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Page 164 - I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, those spiritual repasts - a grace before Milton - a grace before Shakspeare a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading the Fairy Queen?
Page 28 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 122 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 153 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Bound these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 79 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Page 310 - Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.