Books in the House: An Essay on Private Libraries and Collections for Young and OldBy arrangement with R. F. Seymour by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904 - 83 pages |
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Page 52 - In my conceyt to have them ay in hand : But what they meane do I not understande. But yet I have them in great reverence, And honour, saving them from filth and ordure, By often brushing, and much diligence : Full goodly...
Page 7 - Will you go and gossip with your housemaid, or your stable-boy, when you may talk with queens and kings...
Page 53 - I keepe them sure, fearing least they should be lost, For in them is the cunning wherein I me boast. But if it fortune that any learned men Within my house fall to disputation, I drawe the...
Page 72 - A WAS an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, who had a great dog; C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a Drunkard, and had a red face; E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the...
Page 53 - ... they should be lost, For in them is the cunning wherein I me boast. But if it fortune that any learned man Within my house fall to disputation, I draw the curtains to show my books...
Page 26 - The Book-Fool is the man, not who wasted good money on worthless books, but who could not, or would not, read the good books he bought.
Page 82 - Only the nook, if in a frequented room, should be as inconspicuous as possible, lest the shelf attract too much attention and a habit of mind be cultivated which might lead to the acquisition of the Best Hundred Books.
Page 79 - Christmas after Christmas books are sent to children, with inscriptions expressive of love and affection, the donors having never read a chapter of them, but having chosen them solely on the ground of a taking title or pretty pictures.
Page 77 - If you like the book very much, a year hence I will write your name in it; if not, do what you like with it.
Page 52 - Empire, men who prided themselves not so much on the number of their books as on their beauty and fine condition. Despite the fact that he loved "plenty...