 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 oldal
...the very cheapness of literature is making v even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which...reread, and loved, and loved again ; and marked, so that yon can refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armoury,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 oldal
...the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which...been read, and reread, and loved, and loved again; aud marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can seize the weapon... | |
 | John Dempster Bell - 1878 - 480 oldal
...accuracy, — you are for evermore, in some measure, an educated person." In another place, he remarks : "No book is worth anything which is not worth much...it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armory, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store." * Attend thus to any worthy volume,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 oldal
...the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which is not worth inuch; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and re-read, and loved, and loved again ; and... | |
 | 1882 - 848 oldal
...these can come under review ere our ' Walks ' end. JB FRENCH. HAMPSTEAD. IF a book is worth reading it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which...not worth much ; nor is it serviceable until it has >>een read, and re-read, and loved, and loved again ; and marked, so that you can refer to the passages... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1884 - 434 oldal
...the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which...it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armory, or a housewife bring the spice she rleeds from her store. Bread of flour is good ; but there... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1884 - 234 oldal
...some of the best things which have been said about troubles and difficulties."' And John Ruskin: " No book is worth anything which is not worth much...refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can sei2e the weapons he needs in an armory, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store."... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 oldal
...the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it serviceable uatil it has been read, and reread, and loved, and loved again ; and marked, so that you can refer... | |
 | John Ruskin, William Sloane Kennedy - 1886 - 600 oldal
...work of human lips, taught of God. — Mornings in Florence, p. 83, BOOKS. If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which...it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armory, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store. Bread of flour is good : but there... | |
 | Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 oldal
...retreating flew, Where speeding on her eager way, She left behind her dainty shoe. ELAINE GOODALE. 28. No book is worth anything which is not worth much,...it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armory. RUSKIN. One is sometimes asked by young people to recommend a course of reading. My advice... | |
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No book is worth anything which is not worth much ; nor is it serviceable until it has been read and re-read, and loved and loved again, and marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an... 
