 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its winecellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 oldal
...biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a 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 st ill, how much do you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 oldal
...biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 268 oldal
...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 themselves by...of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public or private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would its... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 144 oldal
...biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...lower still, how much do you think the contents of the book-shelvea of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 oldal
...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 ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 oldal
...call one a horse-maniac, though men^ ruin themselves , 754 LITER ART AN A. every day by their horses ; and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | Sir John Davies - 1876 - 282 oldal
...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 ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the 'United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its winecellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 304 oldal
...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 ruining themselves by...the bookshelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars f What position would its expenditure... | |
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If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad - a bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. 
