| John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 oldal
...clause by clause. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we care about books as a nation ? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day b'y their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how... | |
| John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 oldal
...say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books 1 How much do yon think we spend altogether on our libraries, public...with what we spend on our horses ? If a man spends ', f lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1866 - 154 oldal
...longer. I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how... | |
| John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 oldal
...longer. I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...altogether on our libraries, public or private, as com-' pared with what we spend on our horses ? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him... | |
| John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 oldal
...I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 32. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how... | |
| John Ruskin - 1871 - 268 oldal
...I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 32. (a) I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much...mad, — a bibliomaniac. But you never call any one ahorsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining... | |
| John Ruskin - 1872 - 144 oldal
...prove their truth to you, clause by clause. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, i\s a nation, care about books ? How much do you think...horses ? If a man spends »• » '"•' lavishly OH his library, you call hini mad—a biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though... | |
| Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 oldal
...bibliomaniac, in his Sesame and Li/ifs. Wo have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care ahout books? How much do you think we spend altogether on...call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses ; and you do not hear of people... | |
| Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 oldal
...Ruskin vigorously defends the bibliomaniac, in his Sesame and Lilies. We have despised , literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much...call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never call one a horse-maniac, though men^ ruin themselves , 754 LITER ART AN A. every day by their horses ; and... | |
| Sir John Davies - 1876 - 312 oldal
...RUSKIN, LL.D. " / say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, care about books f fftna much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people... | |
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