 | James Payn - 1876 - 430 oldal
...JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D. " / wv we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, curt about boots f How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. Rut you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you... | |
 | Westland Marston - 1876 - 434 oldal
...WINDUS'S Hist of Books. ON BOOKS AND BOOK-BUYERS. BY JOHN RUSKIN. "/ say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...or private, as compared with what we spend on our horse*? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never... | |
 | Sir John Davies - 1876 - 282 oldal
...CHATTO & WINDUS'S list of ON BOOKS AND BOOK-BUYERS. BY JOHN RUSKIN. "/ say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...or private, as compared with what we spend on our horse*? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never... | |
 | Laman Blanchard - 1876 - 420 oldal
...WIN BUS'S Hist of 1 ON BOOKS AND BOOK-BUYERS. BY. JOHN RUSKIN. "/ say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...or private, as compared with what we spend on our horset f If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 304 oldal
...JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D. " / say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, care about books f How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...private, as compared with what we spend on our horses f If a man spends lavishlv on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never call... | |
 | Charles Jeremiah Wells - 1876 - 336 oldal
...JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D. " / lay we have despised literature; what do we, as a nation, care about boots f How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...private, as compared with what we spend on our horses f If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad—a bibliomaniac. But you never call one... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1876 - 632 oldal
...do lot, as a nation, care atout books f How much do you think we spend altogether on our librariu, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses f If a man spends lavishly on his liorary, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. But you never call... | |
 | Thomas Kentish (pyrotechnist.) - 1878 - 304 oldal
...WINDUS•S Of ON BOOKS AND BOOK-BUYERS. By JOHN RUSKIX, LL.D. " / say 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 nun ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1878 - 204 oldal
...BOOK-BUYERS. By JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D. " / say we have despised literature ; what do we, as a nation, cart about books ? How much do you think we spend altogether...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... | |
 | 1878 - 84 oldal
...APOTHEOSIS OF BOOKS. " I say we have despised literature, what do we, as a nation, care about books 1 How 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 oj people... | |
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What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses ? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. 
